 Next morning, early, Bolus rose ; And to the patient's house he goes, Upon his pad, Who a vile trick of stumbling had : It was, indeed, a very sorry hack ; But that's of course : For what's expected from a horse With an Apothecary on his back ? Bolus...  Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney - Seite 37von Theodore Edward Hook - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John W. Iliff - 1893 - 616 Seiten
...Bolus rose, And to the patient's house he goes Upon his pad, Who a vile trick of stumbling had: It was, indeed, a very sorry hack; But that's of course For what's expected from a horse With an apothecary on his back? Bolus arrived, and gave a doubtful tap, Between a single and a double... | |
 | Frederick Parkes Weber - 1918 - 850 Seiten
...bottle of medicine : " When taken, to be well shaken." The lines in question are as follows : — " It was, indeed, a very sorry hack ; But that's of course : For what's expected from a horse With an Apothecary on his back?" In Eobert Burus's " Death and Doctor Hornbook," a poem which is illustrated... | |
 | Democritus (junior, pseud.) - 1810 - 240 Seiten
...Bolus rose; And to the patient's house he goes Upon his pad, Who a vile trick of stumbling had ; It was, indeed, a very sorry hack; — But that's of course : For what's expected from a horse With an apothecary on his back ? Bolus arrived, and gave a doubtful tap ; Between a single and a double... | |
 | 1843 - 452 Seiten
...man accordingly makes his daily rounds to his patients, mounted. As Dean Swift says — It is inaeed, a very sorry hack, But that's of course, For what's expected from a horse, With an apothecary on his back. Carrying heavy holsters and pistols, with a golden band around his... | |
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