[91] I am here reminded of an old epigram on a “Fat Doctor,” in the
_Christmas Treat_, xxxiii.
“When Tadloe treads the streets, the paviers cry
‘_God bless you, sir!_’ and lay their rammers by.”
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J. R. P.
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