The PHYSICIAN and the MONKEY. An EPIGRAM. Christopher Smart Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T42626 K041581.000 Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771. Poems on several occasions: By Christopher Smart, A. M. Fellow of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge. London printed for the author, by W. Strahan; and sold by J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, MDCCLII. 1752 p. 210. [16],230p.,plates; 4⁰.

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The PHYSICIAN and the MONKEY . An EPIGRAM . A LADY sent lately to one Doctor Drug , To come in an instant , and clyster poor Pug — As the fair one commanded he came at the word , And did the grand office in tie-wig and sword . The affair being ended , so sweet and so nice ! He held out his hand with — " You know , ma'am , my price . " " Your price , " says the lady — " Why , Sir , he's your brother , " And doctors must never take fees of each other . "