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1. A dwarf upon a pismires back

First Line:: A dwarf upon a pismires back
Last Line:: What Phaeton had a fall
DMI number:: 43766

2. A farmer who traversed his ground in the morning

First Line:: A farmer who traversed his ground in the morning
Last Line:: You'll have never a stick left in your hedge quo' the judge
DMI number:: 22023

3. A flying camp is formed each year

First Line:: A flying camp is formed each year
Last Line:: Less when I march than when I fly
DMI number:: 15095

4. A foreign count was asked how he found

First Line:: A foreign count was asked how he found
Last Line:: The bran is very coarse the flour is very fine
DMI number:: 37872

5. A fortnight past and something more

First Line:: A fortnight past and something more
Last Line:: The spring alas is dry
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 34443

6. A fox more subtle than the rest

First Line:: A fox more subtle than the rest
Last Line:: I jumped but for a frolic
DMI number:: 15475

7. A friend proposed to me a wife

First Line:: A friend proposed to me a wife
Last Line:: Their husbands know from other men
DMI number:: 36730

8. A gentleman two whelps did get

First Line:: A gentleman two whelps did get
Last Line:: Maintains me to this day
DMI number:: 24765

9. A good old woman being sick

First Line:: A good old woman being sick
Last Line:: And left her as he found her
DMI number:: 5854

10. A good repute a virtuous name

First Line:: A good repute a virtuous name
Last Line:: You never more will find me
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3371

11. A bat by dismal chance one day

First Line:: A bat by dismal chance one day
Last Line:: 'S occasional conformity
DMI number:: 5124

12. A cap and bells for him produce

First Line:: A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:: Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:: 36076

13. A charming toast upon a time

First Line:: A charming toast upon a time
Last Line:: And then gave up the ghost
Author:: Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:: 31898

14. A Cheshire man sailed into Spain

First Line:: A Cheshire man sailed into Spain
Last Line:: Our land bring twice a day
DMI number:: 22380

15. A coffeehouse a parrot cage

First Line:: A coffeehouse a parrot cage
Last Line:: Or do not talk at all
DMI number:: 32359

16. A constancy in love I'll prize

First Line:: A constancy in love I'll prize
Last Line:: He brings a thousand more
DMI number:: 43227

17. A hare did to a garden get

First Line:: A hare did to a garden get
Last Line:: And thank hath wrought in one
DMI number:: 40576

18. 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

19. A kind of coal is as men say

First Line:: A kind of coal is as men say
Last Line:: Which wastes and never wears
DMI number:: 9050

20. A king once reigned beyond the seas

First Line:: A king once reigned beyond the seas
Last Line:: That he lived and reigned in peace
DMI number:: 11405

21. A patriot that so firmly stood

First Line:: A patriot that so firmly stood
Last Line:: Took peerage places and a pension
DMI number:: 31128

22. A student at his book so placed

First Line:: A student at his book so placed
Last Line:: Himself he hath undone
DMI number:: 8887

23. A thick twisted brake in the time of a storm

First Line:: A thick twisted brake in the time of a storm
Last Line:: By Jove you'll be fleeced to your skin
Author:: John Cunningham (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30847

24. A thing more strange all men will say

First Line:: A thing more strange all men will say
Last Line:: Explain my name and what I am
DMI number:: 23997

25. A thousand charms if Lesbia boast

First Line:: A thousand charms if Lesbia boast
Last Line:: Or cool this glowing heart of mine
Author:: Josiah Relph (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21076

26. A man of merit would you find

First Line:: A man of merit would you find
Last Line:: Their darts innoxious fly
DMI number:: 31181

27. A man that's neither high nor low

First Line:: A man that's neither high nor low
Last Line:: But silent if required
Author:: Catherine Jemmat (Speculation)
DMI number:: 35371

28. A milk-white steed and brawling wife

First Line:: A milk-white steed and brawling wife
Last Line:: To make his sorows double
DMI number:: 36891

29. A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine

First Line:: A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine
Last Line:: So 'tis wine noble wine that's a friend to the crown
DMI number:: 20745

30. A pot-bellied justice who thought a good feast

First Line:: A pot-bellied justice who thought a good feast
Last Line:: You will send me the rest of my fish
DMI number:: 35674

31. A pox on such fools let the scoundrels rail

First Line:: A pox on such fools let the scoundrels rail
Last Line:: When we're each of us free as a king
DMI number:: 2653

32. A reason why we love

First Line:: A reason why we love
Last Line:: That love has reason
DMI number:: 22015

33. A shepherdess of wondrous fame

First Line:: A shepherdess of wondrous fame
Last Line:: Must come in Mars's guise
DMI number:: 6222

34. A sovereign salve there is for each disease

First Line:: A sovereign salve there is for each disease
Last Line:: For to delay each ill desire
DMI number:: 49169

35. A span is all that we can boast

First Line:: A span is all that we can boast
Last Line:: In all his flower and prime
Author:: Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34771

36. A spouse I do hate

First Line:: A spouse I do hate
Last Line:: Have always a punk to their mother
Author:: William Wycherley (Confident)
DMI number:: 2704

37. A spruce divine who of the gown

First Line:: A spruce divine who of the gown
Last Line:: My thirty pounds a year
DMI number:: 39137

38. A prison is a house of care

First Line:: A prison is a house of care
Last Line:: No place for men to thrive
DMI number:: 43768

39. A prodigal's an ass

First Line:: A prodigal's an ass
Last Line:: As those which he has not
DMI number:: 8167

40. A scullion wench had wit at will

First Line:: A scullion wench had wit at will
Last Line:: Except tis in the skull
DMI number:: 33962

41. A tree there is eight letters do express

First Line:: A tree there is eight letters do express
Last Line:: So rare that in a thousand scarce there's one
DMI number:: 42021

42. A trifling song you shall hear

First Line:: A trifling song you shall hear
Last Line:: And his song is a trifle to boot
Author:: George Farquhar (Confident)
DMI number:: 9702

43. A warrener of Middlesex

First Line:: A warrener of Middlesex
Last Line:: Run wild about the town
DMI number:: 2042

44. A whim there is that's valued much by fools

First Line:: A whim there is that's valued much by fools
Last Line:: What tis so many sons of whores enjoy
Author:: Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5393

45. A whimsical pain has just caught me

First Line:: A whimsical pain has just caught me
Last Line:: The queen of our toast Molly Row
DMI number:: 22725

46. A lady thus her maid addressed

First Line:: A lady thus her maid addressed
Last Line:: When all who see admire
DMI number:: 38042

47. A lottery like a magic spell

First Line:: A lottery like a magic spell
Last Line:: She gives the highest prizes
DMI number:: 31965

48. A lovers rage and jealousy

First Line:: A lovers rage and jealousy
Last Line:: Whose hearts are full of tenderness
DMI number:: 43604

49. Ah grant me fair one all I crave

First Line:: Ah grant me fair one all I crave
Last Line:: Believe me is my love for you
DMI number:: 21983

50. Ah hah sir Coll is that the way

First Line:: Ah hah sir Coll is that the way
Last Line:: Thy comfort is thou hast it
DMI number:: 17635

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