William Carew Hazlitt Quote

An ignorant drunken Surgeon that kil'd all men that came under his hands, boasted himself a better man than the Parson; for, said he, your Cure maintains but yourself, but my Cures maintaine all the Sextons in the Towne.


Shakespeare Jest Books (Volume 3), Conceit, Clichés, Flashes and Whimzies, Number 163, Willis & Sotheran. 1864


An ignorant drunken Surgeon that kil'd all men that came under his hands, boasted himself a better man than the Parson; for, said he, your Cure...

An ignorant drunken Surgeon that kil'd all men that came under his hands, boasted himself a better man than the Parson; for, said he, your Cure...

An ignorant drunken Surgeon that kil'd all men that came under his hands, boasted himself a better man than the Parson; for, said he, your Cure...

An ignorant drunken Surgeon that kil'd all men that came under his hands, boasted himself a better man than the Parson; for, said he, your Cure...