 | Epigrams, English - 1735 - 286 pages
...commenc'd : then, fierce with pride, he fwore, That tooth-ach, gripes, and corns mould be no more : In vain his drugs, as well as birch, he try'd ; His...blockheads, and his patients dy'd : Next he turn'd bmP; and mounted on a cart, Whofe hideous rumbling made Apollo ftart, Burlelqu'd the braveft, wifeft... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - Anecdotes - 1860 - 352 pages
...— " By Nature meant, by Want a Pedant made, Blaokmore at first profess'd the whipping trade ; ***** In vain his drugs as well as Birch he try'd — His...boys grew blockheads, and his patients dy'd. Next he turned Bard, and, mounted on a cart, Whose hideous rumbling made Apollo start, Burlesqued the Bravest,... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1870 - 628 pages
..."By Nature meant, by Want a Pedant made, Blackmore at first profess'd the whipping trade ; * * * * In vain his drugs as well as Birch he try'd— His...dy'd. Next he turn'd Bard, and, mounted on a cart, Whose hideous rumbling made Apollo start, Burlesqued the Bravest, Wisest son of Mars, In ballad rhymes,... | |
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In vain his drugs as well as Birch he try'd— His boys grew blockheads, and his patients dy'd. Next he turn'd Bard, and, mounted on a cart, Whose hideous rumbling made Apollo start, Burlesqued the Bravest, Wisest son of Mars, In ballad rhymes, and all... 