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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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“—You Doctors ne'er fail Whatever we ail,
To talk us all o'er as you please;
For whether you cure us, Or in church-yard immure us,
'Tis the same—you all pocket our fees!”