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1. A doctor lately was a captain made

First Line:
A doctor lately was a captain made
Last Line:
It is a change of title not of trade
DMI number:
27578

2. A doctor who for want of skill

First Line:
A doctor who for want of skill
Last Line:
And let your motto be quack quack
DMI number:
35935

3. A doting old fool had a mind for to wed

First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083

4. A drop of amber from a poplar plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813

5. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
28989

6. A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence

First Line:
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Last Line:
We shall go one and all where we find the best beer
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27766

7. A dying Latinist of great renown

First Line:
A dying Latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With female gender the case masculine
DMI number:
17152

8. A famous critic called the man of taste

First Line:
A famous critic called the man of taste
Last Line:
And a damned Abigail as the critic thought it
DMI number:
24717

9. A fate like mine as poets sing

First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875

10. A finished form charms to allure the eye

First Line:
A finished form charms to allure the eye
Last Line:
Chaste without pride a wife devoid of art
DMI number:
21736

11. A fool a wise man riding once espied

First Line:
A fool a wise man riding once espied
Last Line:
Themselves not horse appoint where they must lie
Author:
John Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
41938

12. A gallant courting of a gamesome maid

First Line:
A gallant courting of a gamesome maid
Last Line:
If you will kiss you may if not forbear
DMI number:
18839

13. A German princess once adorned this isle

First Line:
A German princess once adorned this isle
Last Line:
May this hereafter share the other's fate
DMI number:
7963

14. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931

15. A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath

First Line:
A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's choked at last by a potato
DMI number:
37902

16. A bachelor would have a wife that's wise

First Line:
A bachelor would have a wife that's wise
Last Line:
He should bespeak her there's none ready made
DMI number:
12446

17. A band of cupids the other day

First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Last Line:
Who's station's now the best
DMI number:
33964

18. A barber swore whose substance was but small

First Line:
A barber swore whose substance was but small
Last Line:
You can't be censured then for superstition
DMI number:
5793

19. A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

First Line:
A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf
Last Line:
And the muses he knows have a numerous train
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
11658

20. A blooming youth lies buried here

First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Last Line:
But death had quicker wings than love
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
27361

21. A brow austere a circumspective eye

First Line:
A brow austere a circumspective eye
Last Line:
Will deem you sir a man of consequence
DMI number:
31908

22. A brute thou art at best but mad with wine

First Line:
A brute thou art at best but mad with wine
Last Line:
Not makes thee bad but shows thee as thou art
DMI number:
35716

23. A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown

First Line:
A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown
Last Line:
I knew our fate for he's an Oxford man
DMI number:
31048

24. A cannon ball one bloody day

First Line:
A cannon ball one bloody day
Last Line:
His leg was off and not his head
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27767

25. A chapel of the riding house is made

First Line:
A chapel of the riding house is made
Last Line:
The laymen bridled and the clergy ride
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
13076

26. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:
A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:
To this day that I heard
DMI number:
41932

27. A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch

First Line:
A cobbler resolving to go thorough stitch
Last Line:
To loose aul at last and his sole to boot
DMI number:
5224

28. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3730

29. A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

First Line:
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:
28990

30. A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife

First Line:
A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife
Last Line:
And you know well that my flesh and yours are but one
DMI number:
33247

31. A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

First Line:
A haughty courtier meeting in the streets
Last Line:
The scholar said I do and gave him it
DMI number:
17372

32. A healthful body and a peaceful breast

First Line:
A healthful body and a peaceful breast
Last Line:
Of all the gifts of providence are best
DMI number:
35440

33. A humorous fellow in a tavern late

First Line:
A humorous fellow in a tavern late
Last Line:
When I began this brawl I had no brains
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
16101

34. A jealous merchant that a sailor met

First Line:
A jealous merchant that a sailor met
Last Line:
Tis done the time while you but walk the exchange
Author:
Henry Parrot (Absolute)
DMI number:
12447

35. A jolly tinker and a boon companion

First Line:
A jolly tinker and a boon companion
Last Line:
Should rule abroad that could not rule at home
DMI number:
5838

36. A justice walking over the frozen Thames

First Line:
A justice walking over the frozen Thames
Last Line:
I prithee help me over on thy back
DMI number:
13071

37. A knot of packthread strongly spun

First Line:
A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:
His son should wish him still alive
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
231

38. A monster in a course of vice grown old

First Line:
A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:
Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13487

39. A monument of dullness to erect

First Line:
A monument of dullness to erect
Last Line:
To pare excrescencies from Bl-----re's wit
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:
3734

40. A murderer flying from his fate sat down

First Line:
A murderer flying from his fate sat down
Last Line:
I saved thee from this death to meet a worse
Author:
Alexander Brome (Speculation)
DMI number:
5842

41. A noble ambition this motto reveals

First Line:
A noble ambition this motto reveals
Last Line:
It tells you the orator hopes for the seals
DMI number:
32021

42. A nobleman of late a damsel took

First Line:
A nobleman of late a damsel took
Last Line:
All things go backwards so pray turn your a--se
DMI number:
17928

43. A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

First Line:
A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit
Last Line:
Parsons to the alehouse we to taverns go
DMI number:
17584

44. A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

First Line:
A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
Last Line:
And the nymph may be chaste that has never been tried
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
12460

45. A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute

First Line:
A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute
Last Line:
She cries you parrots talk as well as see
DMI number:
31354

46. A swarm of sparks young gay and bold

First Line:
A swarm of sparks young gay and bold
Last Line:
Some say she's wed I say she's sold
DMI number:
16229

47. A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears

First Line:
A thousand ills in death's sad pomp appears
Last Line:
But all is quiet all is ease below
DMI number:
6396

48. A thousand suitors courted me in throng

First Line:
A thousand suitors courted me in throng
Last Line:
A matron's glory is to live retired
DMI number:
6238

49. A trade of knowledge as replete

First Line:
A trade of knowledge as replete
Last Line:
And then they fall to th'argument
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5545

50. A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter

First Line:
A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter
Last Line:
D'ye think hur know not chalk from cheese
DMI number:
12750