The humourist, a companion for the Christmas fireside / Embellished ... from designs by T. Rowlandson.

  • Harrison, W. H. (William Henry), 1795?-1878
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The humourist, a companion for the Christmas fireside / Embellished ... from designs by T. Rowlandson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Thus, like yon luckless cur, whene’er By lake, or pond, or river, I bend my steps, I always feel A hydrophobic shiver. Nay, should a jug of water stand Too near me while I dine, I feel so faint that 1 ’m obliged To take a glass of wine. If those who love not water, be Obnoxious to the charge Of madness, there’s no small amount Of lunatics at large. N