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*' Sir RICHARD JEBB, Bart. M.D. 



" Here, caught in Death's web, 



Lies the great Doctor Jebb, 

 Who got gold-dust just like Astley Cooper ; 



Did you speak about diet, 



He would kick up a riot, 

 And swear like a madman or trooper. 



*' When he wanted your money. 



Like sugar or honey. 

 Sir Richard looked happy and placid ; 



Having once touched the cash, 



He vvas testy and rash, 

 And his honey was turned to an acid. 



" Sir Richard was very rough and harsh in manner. He said 

 to a patient, to whom he had been very rude, ' Sir, it is my xcay* 



* Then,' replied the patient, pointing to the door, ' I beg you will 

 make that your way.' Sir Richard was not very nice in his mode 

 of expression, and would frequently astonish a patient with a 

 volley of oaths. Nothing used to make him swear more than the 

 eternal question, * What may I eat ? — Pray, Sir Richard, may I 

 eat a muffin V ' Yes, Madam, the best tiling you can take.' ' O 

 dear! I am glad of that. But, Sir Richard, you told me the other 

 day, that it was the worst thing I could eat 1* * What would be 

 proper for me to eat to-day V says another lady. * Boiled turnips.* 



* Boiled turnips ! you forget. Sir Richard, I told you 1 could not 



bear boiled turnips.' ' Then, Madam, you must have a d d 



vitiated appetite.'" 



We cannot help bringing before our readers the following 

 well-known *' characters" of their day, and should have 

 indulged in more ample quotations from these amusing 

 " Epitaphs,'^ were we not afraid of the imputation of 

 ** inappropriateness." 



^^ On a most venerable and highly venerated Surgeon^ lately deceased, 



* Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, 

 Nulli flebilior quam mihi.' — Hon. 



" Of manners gentle, and in soul sincere, 

 Removed beyond this sublunary sphere, 



Here lies an honest man ! 

 Endued with caution, yet devoid of fear, 

 In practice dexterous, in judgment dear- 

 Excel him if you can !" 



To this, we think, may be affixed the name of Henry 

 Cline ! 



OCT.— DEC. 1827. Z 



