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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.005 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. V. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 290-291. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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The BREWER'S Coachman . By the Same . HONEST William , an easy and good-natur'd fellow , Wou'd a little too oft get a little too mellow . Body coachman was he to an eminent brewer — No better e'er sat in a box , to be sure . His coach was kept clean , and no mothers or nurses Took that care of their babes that he took of his horses . He had these — ay and fifty good qualities more , But the business of tipling cou'd ne'er be got o'er : So his master effectually mended the matter , By hiring a man , who drank nothing but water . Now , William , says he , you see the plain case ; Had you drunk as he does , you'd kept a good place . Drink water ! quoth William — had all men done so , You'd never have wanted a coachman , I trow . They're soakers , like me whom you load with reproaches , That enable you brewers to ride in your coaches .