Which all must grant, though few can spell. You tell your doctor that you're ill, And what does he but write a bill ? Of which you need not read one letter ; The worse the scrawl, the dose the better ; For if you knew but what you take, Though you recover,... Poems on Several Occasions - Seite 109von Matthew Prior - 1777 - 231 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...world had wanted many an idle song. POPE : Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. You tell your doctor that you're ill ; And what does he but write a bill ? Of which you need but read one letter : The scrawl the worse, the dose the better. For if you knew but what you take,... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...and expell'd the friend. POPE— Moral Essays. Ep. III. L. 330. U You tell your doctor, that y' are s for evermore. EB BROWNING— The Lady's Yes. 10 He worse the scrawl, the dose the better. For if you knew but what you take, Though you recover, he must... | |
| C.C. Gaither - 2019 - 522 Seiten
...III, ii Epistle iii To Allen Lord Bathurst, L. 330 Prior, Matthew You tell your doctor, that y' are ill, And what does he, but write a bill, Of which you need not read one letter: The worse the scrawl, the dose the better. For if you knew but what you take, Though you recover, he must... | |
| Peter McDonald - 2004 - 228 Seiten
...PRIOR PROVERBS Matthew Prior 1664-1721 English poet and dipiomatis: You tell your doctor, that ye're ill: And what does he. but write a bill. Of which you need not read one letter: The worse the scrawl, the dose the better. For if you knew but what you take. Tho' you recover he must... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1709 - 404 Seiten
...what some Wise-man says, Who does his Mind in Words reveal, Which All must grant ; tho' Few can spell. You tell Your Doctor, that Y'are ill : And what does...Bill, Of which You need not read one Letter ? The worse the Scrawl, the Dose the better. For if You knew but what You take ; Tho' You recover, He must... | |
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