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Nay, all by Thee is ordered, chosen, planned; Each drop that fills my daily cup; thy hand Prescribes for ills none else can understand.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

The DOCTOR, with important face, By sly design mistakes the case; Prescribes, and spins out the disease, To trick the patient of his fees.—

From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Moore, Edward Caldwell

Devotion will add life unto the letter: And why should not That, which authority Prescribes, esteemed be Advantage got ?

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

He tells me the things that must be done And orders my collars and spats; Prescribes mild exercise on the links And advises me on the choice of drinks.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914 by Various

Prescribes only the Theriaca pauperum, or poor Man's Treacle, in the Dose of a Quarter of an Ounce.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)