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I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
And, read more
I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,
A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial.
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial.
My long sickness
Of health and living now begins to mend,
And nothing brings me all things.
My long sickness
Of health and living now begins to mend,
And nothing brings me all things.
An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said
it wur draains,
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An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said
it wur draains,
For she hedn't naw coomfut in 'er, an' arn'd naw thanks fur 'er
paains.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.
A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.
The best of remedies is a beefsteak
Against sea-sickness; try it, sir, before
You sneer, and I read more
The best of remedies is a beefsteak
Against sea-sickness; try it, sir, before
You sneer, and I assure you this is true,
For I have found it answer--so may you.
But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.
Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.