“But tell me,” cried the miser, “for God’s sake,
Tell me, dear doctor, what I ought to take.”
“Take! as to that—why, take, at any price,”
Replied the leech, “take medical advice!”
DEFINITION OF A DENTIST.
A dentist fashions teeth of bone
For those whom fate has left without,
And finds provision for his own
By pulling other people’s out.
Dr. Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, preached on one occasion before the House of Commons. The event gave rise to the following:—