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button NOTES from DR SYNTAX'S TOUR, 1812
Plate 17 opposite p.121:-

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DOCTOR SYNTAX DRAWING AFTER NATURE.

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The sheep all baa'd, the asses bray'd,
The moo-cows low'd, and Grizzle neigh'd:
"Stop brutes," he cry'd, "your noisy glee;
"I do not want to hear, but see;
"Tho' by the picturesquish laws,
"You're better too with open jaws."
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