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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Thus Syntax did his feelings broach, As he reclin'd within a coach;
For, pond'ring as he pass'd along, He was sore pummell'd by the throng:
Now by a porter's package greeted,
Now on the pavement he was seated;
While, deafen'd by a news-boy's din
A fruit-girl's barrow strikes his shin;
And as his cautious course he guides,
The passing elbows punch his sides;
While a cart-wheel, with luckless spirt,
Gives him a taste of London dirt:
At length, to get in safety back, He sought the comforts of a Hack.
For, pond'ring as he pass'd along, He was sore pummell'd by the throng:
Now by a porter's package greeted,
Now on the pavement he was seated;
While, deafen'd by a news-boy's din
A fruit-girl's barrow strikes his shin;
And as his cautious course he guides,
The passing elbows punch his sides;
While a cart-wheel, with luckless spirt,
Gives him a taste of London dirt:
At length, to get in safety back, He sought the comforts of a Hack.
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