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1. A mischief on it though I'm again alive

First Line:
A mischief on it though I'm again alive
Last Line:
To help a poor disbanded soldier home
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35872

2. A pretty task and so I told the fool

First Line:
A pretty task and so I told the fool
Last Line:
Their votes who cannot judge than theirs who can
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35774

3. A very pretty bill as I'm alive

First Line:
A very pretty bill as I'm alive
Last Line:
A shop with virtue is the height of bliss
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
33727

4. Adieu for ever music and virtu

First Line:
Adieu for ever music and virtu
Last Line:
John Bull was made to roar but not to sing
DMI number:
35690

5. After our epilogue this crowd dismisses

First Line:
After our epilogue this crowd dismisses
Last Line:
Whole belles assemblees of coquettes and beaux
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
35851

6. A young adventurer in the tragic art

First Line:
A young adventurer in the tragic art
Last Line:
Your's the kind task indulgence to bestow
DMI number:
35405

7. An epilogue methinks I heard you cry

First Line:
An epilogue methinks I heard you cry
Last Line:
And bards their laurels lay at beauty's feet
DMI number:
35416

8. And did you think that I would let you go

First Line:
And did you think that I would let you go
Last Line:
To Anna's council and to Churchill's sword
DMI number:
130

9. And what becomes of your poor servant Shift

First Line:
And what becomes of your poor servant Shift
Last Line:
And if I please I'll give it to the poor
Author:
Samuel Foote (Absolute)
DMI number:
31715

10. As country vicars when the sermon's done

First Line:
As country vicars when the sermon's done
Last Line:
As he tell all things when the year is past
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35756

11. As a rash girl who will all hazards run

First Line:
As a rash girl who will all hazards run
Last Line:
You gain your ends and damn them when you've done
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
35845

12. As some brave knight who once with spear and shield

First Line:
As some brave knight who once with spear and shield
Last Line:
And hang his consecrated buskin here
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
7021

13. As some brave soldier when soft peace gives rest

First Line:
As some brave soldier when soft peace gives rest
Last Line:
For I can make such thrusts as no man here can parry
DMI number:
39067

14. As when on closing of a well-spent life

First Line:
As when on closing of a well-spent life
Last Line:
The debt we owe the gratitude we feel
DMI number:
39930

15. Can it be thought ye wives this scribbling fool

First Line:
Can it be thought ye wives this scribbling fool
Last Line:
Wives won't be taught be it the school for maids
Author:
Hugh Kelly (Absolute)
DMI number:
37866

16. Britons once more in annual joy we meet

First Line:
Britons once more in annual joy we meet
Last Line:
The ambiguous laurel and the double name
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
27191

17. Britons once more in annual joy we meet

First Line:
Britons once more in annual joy we meet
Last Line:
The ambiguous laurel and the doubtful name
Author:
Horace Walpole (Absolute)
DMI number:
19763

18. Come come sir John the epilogue for shame

First Line:
Come come sir John the epilogue for shame
Last Line:
I'll end politely with an humble bow
DMI number:
26826

19. Could poets but foresee how plays would take

First Line:
Could poets but foresee how plays would take
Last Line:
And least from their contempt who cannot read
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
35847

20. Crammed to the throat with wholesome moral stuff

First Line:
Crammed to the throat with wholesome moral stuff
Last Line:
Nor idly lose it for a wretched jest
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31717

21. Confess good folks has not Miss Rusport shown

First Line:
Confess good folks has not Miss Rusport shown
Last Line:
You all rejoice with me you're living now
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
35700

22. Critics before you rise one word I pray

First Line:
Critics before you rise one word I pray
Last Line:
I'd rather choose a surly man like you
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
39103

23. Entreaty shall not serve nor violence

First Line:
Entreaty shall not serve nor violence
Last Line:
And then inspire some one to write like me
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
2246

24. Each in his turn the poet and the priest

First Line:
Each in his turn the poet and the priest
Last Line:
Let Gorman take the stage or Lady Mary
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
35932

25. Faith well enough a smart just now behind

First Line:
Faith well enough a smart just now behind
Last Line:
For while you find us ears we'll find you lungs
DMI number:
38314

26. Forgive me Cato and forgive me Rome

First Line:
Forgive me Cato and forgive me Rome
Last Line:
And decks with palms those hands that never yield
DMI number:
39078

27. From Hereford the jovial crew departed

First Line:
From Hereford the jovial crew departed
Last Line:
Once got to Ludlow then all kings again
DMI number:
17607

28. Gentlemen and ladies | these people have regaled you here today

First Line:
Gentlemen and ladies | these people have regaled you here today
Last Line:
My humble motion is he may be damned
Author:
Sir John Vanbrugh (Absolute)
DMI number:
35915

29. Gallants tonight our prompter we produce

First Line:
Gallants tonight our prompter we produce
Last Line:
And let good nature prompt you to be kind
DMI number:
22033

30. Gallants you'll wonder what in breeches here

First Line:
Gallants you'll wonder what in breeches here
Last Line:
And pay the debt of gratitude I owe
DMI number:
17778

31. Great minds to strokes of fortune never yield

First Line:
Great minds to strokes of fortune never yield
Last Line:
Then shall Ward's pill be never heard of more
DMI number:
39072

32. Good folks I'm come at my young lady's bidding

First Line:
Good folks I'm come at my young lady's bidding
Last Line:
The empty tribute of an author's head
DMI number:
31680

33. How dull how grave and how precise ye fit

First Line:
How dull how grave and how precise ye fit
Last Line:
And then the jealous cuckold take ye napping
DMI number:
35822

34. How little do you guess what I'm to say

First Line:
How little do you guess what I'm to say
Last Line:
You lazy drones you shan't have harbour here
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35862

35. Hold hold my good friends for one moment pray stop ye

First Line:
Hold hold my good friends for one moment pray stop ye
Last Line:
Which makes us poor actors look je ne sais quoi
DMI number:
18167

36. Hold is the play done

First Line:
Hold is the play done
Last Line:
We'll come and lay ourselves before your doors
Author:
John Banks (Absolute)
DMI number:
35894

37. Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done

First Line:
Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done
Last Line:
Fit subjects for our author's ridicule
Author:
Samuel Foote (Speculation)
DMI number:
38101

38. Hold are you mad you damned confounded dog

First Line:
Hold are you mad you damned confounded dog
Last Line:
Yet died a princess acting in St Catherine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35761

39. Hold consort where's this epilogue I pray

First Line:
Hold consort where's this epilogue I pray
Last Line:
Believe me they'd look dull enough were you not here
DMI number:
39070

40. Here take a surfeit sirs of being jealous

First Line:
Here take a surfeit sirs of being jealous
Last Line:
Grow really such to merit your esteeming
DMI number:
38107

41. Here they are ladies should these charming packs

First Line:
Here they are ladies should these charming packs
Last Line:
Frightful and ugly as the queen of spades
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
31733

42. Here wholly freed from censures of the pit

First Line:
Here wholly freed from censures of the pit
Last Line:
Scorning to bow to any but the fair
DMI number:
10242

43. I had an epilogue to speak tonight

First Line:
I had an epilogue to speak tonight
Last Line:
Critics be dumb ye men of candour kind
Author:
Elizabeth Griffith (Speculation)
DMI number:
33764

44. I have been peeping for these many days

First Line:
I have been peeping for these many days
Last Line:
I hate such coming ladies so good night
DMI number:
39073

45. I have heard some bookish friends of mine oft say

First Line:
I have heard some bookish friends of mine oft say
Last Line:
And find at length each lady Betty kind
DMI number:
17801

46. In days of yore it was a constant rule

First Line:
In days of yore it was a constant rule
Last Line:
To keep a child from mischief aren't we moral
DMI number:
40512

47. Is this a play for me to act a part in

First Line:
Is this a play for me to act a part in
Last Line:
A lady bountiful to cure his pain
DMI number:
17731

48. Instead of an epilogue round smart and terse

First Line:
Instead of an epilogue round smart and terse
Last Line:
We wish you good night and tis well it's no worse
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
35702

49. It has been said by many a learned sage

First Line:
It has been said by many a learned sage
Last Line:
Then judge with justice and by merit save
DMI number:
23554

50. It matters not good folks say what you will

First Line:
It matters not good folks say what you will
Last Line:
Would warm your beauty and adorn our youth
DMI number:
33941

51. Love hope and fear desire aversion rage

First Line:
Love hope and fear desire aversion rage
Last Line:
And they reward our labours with a smile
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
35905

52. Love in a puzzle and the modish wife

First Line:
Love in a puzzle and the modish wife
Last Line:
And give him honest fame in your applause
DMI number:
33943

53. Much has been said in this reforming age

First Line:
Much has been said in this reforming age
Last Line:
And every generous heart shall beat applause
DMI number:
39097

54. My part being small I have had time today

First Line:
My part being small I have had time today
Last Line:
And please you to a height or not at all
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35759

55. My plot I fear will take but with a few

First Line:
My plot I fear will take but with a few
Last Line:
And musquetoon at last decide the cause
DMI number:
38900

56. Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue

First Line:
Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue
Last Line:
They only could inspire what you alone could do
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38266

57. My birthright's privilege is sure but small

First Line:
My birthright's privilege is sure but small
Last Line:
Forced to take up with poetry and sense
DMI number:
3063

58. My character not being much in vogue

First Line:
My character not being much in vogue
Last Line:
For all that you can do or poets say
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
35838

59. My conduct now will every mind employ

First Line:
My conduct now will every mind employ
Last Line:
There's nothing like the heart of him we love
DMI number:
33916

60. I've had today a dozen billet doux

First Line:
I've had today a dozen billet doux
Last Line:
Shall be my favourite gallant today
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35794

61. I should not dare appear again before ye

First Line:
I should not dare appear again before ye
Last Line:
That age should never match with youthful beauty
DMI number:
39085

62. I speak an epilogue masters old and lame

First Line:
I speak an epilogue masters old and lame
Last Line:
But add fresh help to such pathetic woe
DMI number:
35399

63. I told the bard ay yonder he stands quaking

First Line:
I told the bard ay yonder he stands quaking
Last Line:
Such virtue would not be believed in France
DMI number:
39091

64. I long to know dear sirs with true submission

First Line:
I long to know dear sirs with true submission
Last Line:
But hark to mercy as the noblest call
DMI number:
31752

65. I'll do it by heaven I will pray get you gone

First Line:
I'll do it by heaven I will pray get you gone
Last Line:
But let the contest be who most shall please ye
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
39082

66. If novelty has any charms to move

First Line:
If novelty has any charms to move
Last Line:
Young lovers always able to be kind
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
35836

67. If to our play your judgment can't be kind

First Line:
If to our play your judgment can't be kind
Last Line:
Since yours is greater than Athenian praise
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
38120

68. Ladies and gentlemen they've sent me out

First Line:
Ladies and gentlemen they've sent me out
Last Line:
Have patience I shall mend as I grow older
Author:
Isaac Bickerstaff (Confident)
DMI number:
35415

69. Ladies by me our courteous author sends

First Line:
Ladies by me our courteous author sends
Last Line:
And still might rule would you but set the fashion
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
38214

70. Ladies I've had a squabble with the poet

First Line:
Ladies I've had a squabble with the poet
Last Line:
Mean time mend we our lives he'll mend his pen
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
31745

71. Ladies methinks I hear you all complain

First Line:
Ladies methinks I hear you all complain
Last Line:
I fear you'll say you've all been finely duped
Author:
Frances Sheridan [nee Chamberlaine] (Speculation)
DMI number:
33958

72. Ladies you'll witness what this boy has done

First Line:
Ladies you'll witness what this boy has done
Last Line:
And blush consent even then behind your fan
Author:
William Whitehead (Confident)
DMI number:
33925

73. Ladies your country's ornament and pride

First Line:
Ladies your country's ornament and pride
Last Line:
And make me an unfashionable wife
Author:
Richard Cumberland (Absolute)
DMI number:
33913

74. Kind sirs you're welcome to our humble fare

First Line:
Kind sirs you're welcome to our humble fare
Last Line:
But offer at your shrine our male Jane Shore
DMI number:
38391

75. Methinks I hear some powdered critics say

First Line:
Methinks I hear some powdered critics say
Last Line:
Direct the crowd and give yourselves applause
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38267

76. May we not well complain for want of pence

First Line:
May we not well complain for want of pence
Last Line:
L'epine and Tofts sneak off with all our gains
DMI number:
5349

77. No cringing sirs the poet's champion I

First Line:
No cringing sirs the poet's champion I
Last Line:
You fribling fumbling keepers of the age
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35814

78. No epilogue I swear I know of none

First Line:
No epilogue I swear I know of none
Last Line:
Where if you please we'll meet and sign the peace
Author:
Sir John Vanbrugh (Absolute)
DMI number:
35918

79. Nay cease and hear me I am come to scold

First Line:
Nay cease and hear me I am come to scold
Last Line:
Our wish to please admits of no disguise
DMI number:
38502

80. News news good folks rare news and you shall know it

First Line:
News news good folks rare news and you shall know it
Last Line:
Unless that you his patrons will protect him
DMI number:
31714

81. Now every tender breast with sorrow heaves

First Line:
Now every tender breast with sorrow heaves
Last Line:
Your laws your lives your freedom and your fame
DMI number:
23559

82. Now gallants for the author first to you

First Line:
Now gallants for the author first to you
Last Line:
Unless your conquering smiles their stubborn hearts subdue
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38273

83. Now I suppose you'll find your work is done

First Line:
Now I suppose you'll find your work is done
Last Line:
You'll think the triumph less to ruin than to save
DMI number:
27131

84. Now in good manners nothing should be said

First Line:
Now in good manners nothing should be said
Last Line:
But faith I would not trust her with a mouse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35797

85. Now my brisk brothers of the pit you'll say

First Line:
Now my brisk brothers of the pit you'll say
Last Line:
And poet let him be to be undone
Author:
William Wycherley (Absolute)
DMI number:
35896

86. Now my charms are all over thrown

First Line:
Now my charms are all over thrown
Last Line:
Let your indulgence set me free
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35556

87. Now tell me when you saw the lady die

First Line:
Now tell me when you saw the lady die
Last Line:
But to enjoy your wishes as you may
DMI number:
35841

88. Now what do ye think my message hither means

First Line:
Now what do ye think my message hither means
Last Line:
I'll even forsake the playhouse and turn nun
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35867

89. Now who says poets don't in blood delight

First Line:
Now who says poets don't in blood delight
Last Line:
If you're but good when pleased even so's the devil
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35858

90. Now you the vigorous who daily here

First Line:
Now you the vigorous who daily here
Last Line:
But then we women there's no cozening us
Author:
William Wycherley (Absolute)
DMI number:
35901

91. Of all dramatic writing comic wit

First Line:
Of all dramatic writing comic wit
Last Line:
In hope it may their staple trade advance
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35748

92. Oft has the town complained of latter days

First Line:
Oft has the town complained of latter days
Last Line:
I'll bid goodnight alert transported with the bliss
DMI number:
11119

93. Of mortal men how equal is the date

First Line:
Of mortal men how equal is the date
Last Line:
Which now defrays his funeral expenses
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
39107

94. Of old the romans acted comic plays

First Line:
Of old the romans acted comic plays
Last Line:
Will crown our master's exit with applause
DMI number:
39071

95. On heads faces and so forth you've now heard the lecture

First Line:
On heads faces and so forth you've now heard the lecture
Last Line:
And your verdict await to condemn or acquit him
DMI number:
35287

96. Oh George George George it is such rakes as you

First Line:
Oh George George George it is such rakes as you
Last Line:
And London prove the market of the world
Author:
Arthur Murphy (Absolute)
DMI number:
33945

97. Our plays concluding now we change the scene

First Line:
Our plays concluding now we change the scene
Last Line:
And be revenged on all the golden tufts I leave behind
DMI number:
8094

98. Our poet something doubtful of his fate

First Line:
Our poet something doubtful of his fate
Last Line:
So every lash you give he writes the faster
DMI number:
4199

99. Our too adventurous author soared tonight

First Line:
Our too adventurous author soared tonight
Last Line:
That only on the stage you see distress
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
35910

100. Our authors as I'm told is not to seek

First Line:
Our authors as I'm told is not to seek
Last Line:
And at a distance waits his doom from you
DMI number:
38286