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You tell your doctor, that y' are ill
And what does he, but write a bill,
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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 break.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.

They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Loquacity Quotes,
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Or have you mark'd a partridge quake,
Viewing the towering falcon nigh?
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Or have you mark'd a partridge quake,
Viewing the towering falcon nigh?
She cuddles low behind the brake:
Nor would she stay; nor dares she fly.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Partridges Quotes,
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Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.

Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Variety Quotes,
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The winds grow high;
Impending tempests charge the sky;
The lightning flies, the thunder roars;
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The winds grow high;
Impending tempests charge the sky;
The lightning flies, the thunder roars;
And big waves lash the frightened shores.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Storms Quotes,
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