Uʹrim,

in Garth’s Dispensary, is Dr. Atterbury.

“Urim was civil, and not void of sense,

Had humour and courteous confidence… .

Constant at feasts, and each decorum knew,

And soon as the dessert appeared, withdrew.”

Canto i.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.