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Plate 5, opposite p.23:-

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DOCTOR SYNTAX, DISPUTING HIS BILL WITH HIS LANDLADY.
At the Royal Crown.

HOSTESS.
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"Besides, I took you in at night,
"Half-dead with hunger and affright,
"Just scap'd from robbers." ------

SYNTAX.
------- "That's most true,
"And now I'm to be robb'd by you."

HOSTESS.
"Sir, you mistake; and did not I
"Disdain rude ords, I'd say - you lie.
"I took you in last night, I say."

SYNTAX.
"'Tis true;- and, if this bill I pay,
"You'll take me in again to-day."

HOSTESS.
"I gave you all my choicest cheer,
"The best of meat, the best of beer;
"And then you snor'd yourself to rest
"In the best bed,- I say the best,
"You've had such tea as few can boast,
"With a whole loaf turn'd into toast."

SYNTAX.
"And for your beef, and beer, and tea,
"You kindly charge me - one pound three!"

HOSTESS
"'Tis cheap as dirt,- for well I know
"How things with country Curates go:
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