The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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A short and true History of the Author of the Satyr against Wit.
By Col. Codrington.
By Nature meant, by Want a Pedant made,
Bl---re at first profess'd the Whipping-trade;
Grown fond of Buttocks, he would lash no more,
But kindly cur'd the A---he gall'd before.
So Quack commenc'd; then fierce with Pride, he swore,
That Tooth-ach, Gripes, and Corns should be no more.
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His Boys grew Blockheads, and his Patients dy'd.
Next, he turn'd Bard, and mounted on a Cart,
Whose hideous Rumbling made Apollo start;
Burlesqu'd the bravest, wisest Son of Mars,
In Ballad-Rhimes, and all the Pomp of Farce.
Still he chang'd Callings, and at length has hit
On Bus'ness for his matchless Talent fit,
To give us Drenches for the Plague of Wit.
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