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Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 118 — HOGARTH ILLUSTRATED.

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On the top of a shop-bill, which contains a list of Doctor ——, I forget his name's, wonderful and surprising cures, performed by elixir of——, I don't know what, this descendant of Sangrado has inserted a wooden print, which displays a reduced copy of his sign. It exhibits a half-length of much such a person as our antiquated beau, with his hand in precisely the same situation. This our quack very emphatically denominates the sign of the headache.

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