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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 | The three tours of Doctor Syntax |  |
'Squire.—
“As you disdain both fowl and fish,
Think you your art could paint that dish?”
Syntax.—
“Though 'twill to hunger give relief,—
There's nothing picturesque in beef:
But there are artists—if you'll treat 'em;
Will paint your dinners; that is—eat 'em.”
'Squire.—
“But sure your pencil might command
Whate'er is noble, vast and grand,— The beasts, forsooth, of Indian land;
Where the fierce, savage tiger scowls, And the fell, hungry lion growls.”
Syntax.—
“These beasts may all be subjects fit;
But, for their likeness, will they sit?
I'd only take a view askaunt, From the tall back of elephant;
With half a hundred Indians round me,
That such sharp claws might not confound me,
But now, as we have ceas'd to dine, And I have had my share of wine,
I should be glad to close the feast
By drawing some more harmless beast.”
“As you disdain both fowl and fish,
Think you your art could paint that dish?”
Syntax.—
“Though 'twill to hunger give relief,—
There's nothing picturesque in beef:
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Will paint your dinners; that is—eat 'em.”
'Squire.—
“But sure your pencil might command
Whate'er is noble, vast and grand,— The beasts, forsooth, of Indian land;
Where the fierce, savage tiger scowls, And the fell, hungry lion growls.”
Syntax.—
“These beasts may all be subjects fit;
But, for their likeness, will they sit?
I'd only take a view askaunt, From the tall back of elephant;
With half a hundred Indians round me,
That such sharp claws might not confound me,
But now, as we have ceas'd to dine, And I have had my share of wine,
I should be glad to close the feast
By drawing some more harmless beast.”
| The three tours of Doctor Syntax | |