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The three tours of Doctor Syntax

In search of 1. The picturesque, 2. Of consolation, 3. Of a wife. The text complete. [By William Combe] With four illustrations

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Syntax along the village pass'd, And to the Dragon came at last;
Where, as the shepherd-boy had said, There seem'd to be a busy trade;
And, seated in an easy chair, He found that all he wish'd was there.