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Article KENTISH EPITAPHS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE MEDICAL APPLICATION OF MONEY. Page 1 of 2 →
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Kentish Epitaphs.
Dear soul ! she suddenly was snatch'd away , And turn'd into cold and lifeless clay ; " She was a loving mother , and a virtuous wife ; Faithful and just in every part of life : We here on earth do fade , as do the flowers — Now , mark what follows' She was alive , and well , and dead , within three hours !'
ELTHAM . The following is such a strain at a rhyme as we seldom meet with even in our modern poets , who are plaguily costive . I am only gone a little while before ; Prepare , prepare to follow me , therefore :
FOOTS CRAY . A better apology for an epitaph I never met with than the following- : The 18 th August I was at Foots Cray , To see for an epitaph I can truly say ; But as I found none I went merrily on , And to St . Mary Cray I am certainly gone .
ST . PETER'S , CANTERBURY . In the following a bargain was struck between the deceased and posterity , upon certain conditions , from which the latter has not yet departed . ¦ Touch not the grave , my bones , nor yet the dust ; But let this stone which stands be rotten first 1
The Medical Application Of Money.
THE MEDICAL APPLICATION OF MONEY .
T ^ HE humorous Rabelais , who was domestic physician to Cardinal de Billay , held a consultation one day with several other physicians , concerning a hypochondriac disorder which the cardinal was then troubled with , and an opening decoction was unanimously prescribed for his eminence . Disagreeing , however , about the composition of this decoction Rabelais l
, strong y recommended a key , as one of the most opening things in the universe . > I perfectly agree with that celebrated French writer , that « a keyis one of the most opening things in the world , " but I think I can mention another of at least equal efficacy with his potion : money for example , in the cases alluded to , generally operates very forcibly who costive
upon many patients are , and require medical aid It Will open a lawyer ' s mouth , and keep it wide extended for several hours , if you administer it in sufficient quantities ; but if you deal it out in scruples and penny-wei ghts , very little benefit will be derived trom it Money , applied with prudence and judgment , will open prison-doors , and give instantaneous relief to a confined patient , who
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Kentish Epitaphs.
Dear soul ! she suddenly was snatch'd away , And turn'd into cold and lifeless clay ; " She was a loving mother , and a virtuous wife ; Faithful and just in every part of life : We here on earth do fade , as do the flowers — Now , mark what follows' She was alive , and well , and dead , within three hours !'
ELTHAM . The following is such a strain at a rhyme as we seldom meet with even in our modern poets , who are plaguily costive . I am only gone a little while before ; Prepare , prepare to follow me , therefore :
FOOTS CRAY . A better apology for an epitaph I never met with than the following- : The 18 th August I was at Foots Cray , To see for an epitaph I can truly say ; But as I found none I went merrily on , And to St . Mary Cray I am certainly gone .
ST . PETER'S , CANTERBURY . In the following a bargain was struck between the deceased and posterity , upon certain conditions , from which the latter has not yet departed . ¦ Touch not the grave , my bones , nor yet the dust ; But let this stone which stands be rotten first 1
The Medical Application Of Money.
THE MEDICAL APPLICATION OF MONEY .
T ^ HE humorous Rabelais , who was domestic physician to Cardinal de Billay , held a consultation one day with several other physicians , concerning a hypochondriac disorder which the cardinal was then troubled with , and an opening decoction was unanimously prescribed for his eminence . Disagreeing , however , about the composition of this decoction Rabelais l
, strong y recommended a key , as one of the most opening things in the universe . > I perfectly agree with that celebrated French writer , that « a keyis one of the most opening things in the world , " but I think I can mention another of at least equal efficacy with his potion : money for example , in the cases alluded to , generally operates very forcibly who costive
upon many patients are , and require medical aid It Will open a lawyer ' s mouth , and keep it wide extended for several hours , if you administer it in sufficient quantities ; but if you deal it out in scruples and penny-wei ghts , very little benefit will be derived trom it Money , applied with prudence and judgment , will open prison-doors , and give instantaneous relief to a confined patient , who