Epigram On Dr. ****, A Mere Pretender To Medical Science, Officiously Offering Me His Services
'Should you e'er be unwell, send directly for me; To cure you I'll haste with all possible speed, Prescribe and find medicine without any fee.' Oh! Doctor! your offer's most generous indeed; I'd accept but for something the vast obligation. 'But for what, pray?' The instinct of self-preservation. * * * * * If, as Swift says, in the most delicate mind Nastiest ideas we are sure to find, Then equal to his humour and his wit Swift's delicacy we must all admit.
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