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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Patrick.—
“An' please you, Sir, at early hour
When I've been working near the tower,
To place a tomb-stone on the head
Of one, Heaven save him, who is dead,
I've seen you o'er the church-yard come, Talking as loud as any drum,
Sometimes as if in angry rage, Like Playmen acting on the stage:
At others, you so slowly walk, That I could only see you talk.”
“An' please you, Sir, at early hour
When I've been working near the tower,
To place a tomb-stone on the head
Of one, Heaven save him, who is dead,
I've seen you o'er the church-yard come, Talking as loud as any drum,
Sometimes as if in angry rage, Like Playmen acting on the stage:
At others, you so slowly walk, That I could only see you talk.”
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