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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

Combe, William (1742-1823)

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A TOUR IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE.

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III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

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XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

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XVI.

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XVIII.

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XXIII.

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XXVI.

The Smoking Soliloquy.

Song.

THE TOUR IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION.

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III.

IV.

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VII.

THE TOUR OF THE REVEREND DOCTOR SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF A WIFE.

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III.

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He snapp'd his fingers with an air, And sought the quiet of his chair.
The ostler grinn'd, the cook was frighted,
The barber, fond of news, delighted,
Clos'd his sharp razors and drew near To listen with attentive ear.
But while Pat's thirsty lips assail The cup brimful of foaming ale,
A cannon's loud, obstrep'rous sound Re-echoed all the country round.
He started at the warlike roar, The goblet fell upon the floor,
And he rush'd quickly through the door.
Whether it courage was or fear That caus'd the downfall of the beer,
Or did his quick-pac'd stride impell,
The Muse does not pretend to tell:—
But as he did from Erin come, Where courage beats the rattling drum,

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Where, when the trumpet sounds alarms,
Thousands of heroes rush to arms,
It well becomes us to conceive That he did not his breakfast leave,
But from that bold and daring spirit,
Which brave Hibernia's sons inherit.

Near Low Wood Inn is a commodious pier for embarking on a voyage down the Lake. —At this place a Cannon is kept, for the purpose of gratifying visitors with those surprising reverberations of sound, which follow its discharge in these romantic vales.