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1. A female culprit at your bar appears

First Line:
A female culprit at your bar appears
Last Line:
And let the men dispute it if they dare
DMI number:
39030

2. A grecian bard two thousand years ago

First Line:
A grecian bard two thousand years ago
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's nature was their nature too
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31747

3. A noble company for we can spy

First Line:
A noble company for we can spy
Last Line:
More various changes business or more sport
DMI number:
38779

4. A strange play you are like to have for know

First Line:
A strange play you are like to have for know
Last Line:
Some mirth some matter nay perhaps some wit
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
38756

5. A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray

First Line:
A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray
Last Line:
They're sparks he caught from his great master's blaze
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33734

6. A plain built house after so long a stay

First Line:
A plain built house after so long a stay
Last Line:
Machines and tempests will destroy the new
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4029

7. A pox who'd be a poet in our days

First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878

8. A skilful cook this useful art will boast

First Line:
A skilful cook this useful art will boast
Last Line:
To have a double right to use her tongue
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31727

9. A veteran see whose last act on the stage

First Line:
A veteran see whose last act on the stage
Last Line:
May every joy you give be tenfold yours
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
39034

10. A long lost orphan we present tonight

First Line:
A long lost orphan we present tonight
Last Line:
A tribute due alone to Shakespeare's urn
DMI number:
22035

11. All all shall out all that I know and feel

First Line:
All all shall out all that I know and feel
Last Line:
A little flattery sometimes does well
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31705

12. Adventurous we to tread the stage aspire

First Line:
Adventurous we to tread the stage aspire
Last Line:
And hope for your indulgence and applause
DMI number:
31214

13. After long strutting on and off the stage

First Line:
After long strutting on and off the stage
Last Line:
Be all our business all our pride to please
DMI number:
22219

14. After twice putting forth to sea his fame

First Line:
After twice putting forth to sea his fame
Last Line:
Of arrogance and regain his credit lost
Author:
Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38743

15. All nature's order rises on extremes

First Line:
All nature's order rises on extremes
Last Line:
Revered on earth then all adored on high
Author:
Samuel Boyce (Absolute)
DMI number:
38319

16. An old trite proverb let me quote

First Line:
An old trite proverb let me quote
Last Line:
Nor girls can scratch nor fools can write
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31244

17. Among the wonders of our times this night

First Line:
Among the wonders of our times this night
Last Line:
And yours are all the blanks and theirs the prizes
Author:
William Taverner (Speculation)
DMI number:
8329

18. An ancient sage when death approached his bed

First Line:
An ancient sage when death approached his bed
Last Line:
And rise the unrivalled empress of the main
Author:
Tobias George Smollett (Absolute)
DMI number:
31691

19. And can it be sure they have all mistook

First Line:
And can it be sure they have all mistook
Last Line:
Lights ho the footmen quick attend your ladies home
DMI number:
39093

20. Almighty critics whom our indians here

First Line:
Almighty critics whom our indians here
Last Line:
And leave the rest upon the poet's hands
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35752

21. Amaze us not with that majestic frown

First Line:
Amaze us not with that majestic frown
Last Line:
If we act well the parts to which we're born
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
38780

22. As venturous merchants who intent on gain

First Line:
As venturous merchants who intent on gain
Last Line:
Most generously prop the sinking stage
DMI number:
3178

23. As wandering streams by secret force return

First Line:
As wandering streams by secret force return
Last Line:
But what they should be we must learn from you
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Speculation)
DMI number:
6208

24. As warring hosts by stronger powers oppressed

First Line:
As warring hosts by stronger powers oppressed
Last Line:
And each low chamber grew a room of state
DMI number:
3194

25. As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands

First Line:
As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands
Last Line:
As much improper as would honesty
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35772

26. As oft in formed assemblies of the fair

First Line:
As oft in formed assemblies of the fair
Last Line:
And there's some merit in attempting well
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
38970

27. Aptness for mirth to all this instant night

First Line:
Aptness for mirth to all this instant night
Last Line:
His chances please ye or our fortune's ill
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
38736

28. As country squire who yet had never known

First Line:
As country squire who yet had never known
Last Line:
Of what your grandsires loved in the age that's past
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
38793

29. As a fond lover when his mistress frowns

First Line:
As a fond lover when his mistress frowns
Last Line:
And at this juncture double is their praise
DMI number:
17717

30. As a young bird as yet unused to fly

First Line:
As a young bird as yet unused to fly
Last Line:
Your kind applause will bid us persevere
Author:
Arthur Murphy (Absolute)
DMI number:
32610

31. As a young lawyer many years will drudge

First Line:
As a young lawyer many years will drudge
Last Line:
And for the mother's worth support the child
DMI number:
5886

32. As a young wanton when she first begins

First Line:
As a young wanton when she first begins
Last Line:
As to condemn this trifle more than he
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38805

33. As ancient Greece and Rome their conquests spread

First Line:
As ancient Greece and Rome their conquests spread
Last Line:
Studious to please and cautious to offend
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
39004

34. As reading of romances did inspire

First Line:
As reading of romances did inspire
Last Line:
Ever to be your most obedient player
DMI number:
6599

35. As routed squadrons quit the hostile field

First Line:
As routed squadrons quit the hostile field
Last Line:
Improve your pleasures and our merits raise
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
39005

36. As some poor squire to country quarters sent

First Line:
As some poor squire to country quarters sent
Last Line:
They may get one but lord knows where get actors
DMI number:
27121

37. As some raw squire by tender mother bred

First Line:
As some raw squire by tender mother bred
Last Line:
For ought I know he may turn tail for ever
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35747

38. As some there are who may not know the story

First Line:
As some there are who may not know the story
Last Line:
And he no more complained she wanted life
DMI number:
36011

39. As stubborn atheists who disdain to pray

First Line:
As stubborn atheists who disdain to pray
Last Line:
But each man's mistress be the poet's muse
Author:
Joseph Haynes (Confident)
DMI number:
38979

40. As infant larks their tender pinions spread

First Line:
As infant larks their tender pinions spread
Last Line:
Papa may even go act his plays himself
DMI number:
17693

41. At learned Athens when with godlike power

First Line:
At learned Athens when with godlike power
Last Line:
We may presume much to advance our own
DMI number:
2064

42. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

43. As when in hostile times two neighbouring states

First Line:
As when in hostile times two neighbouring states
Last Line:
With half the spirit that our soldiers fight
DMI number:
3461

44. As when some ancient hospitable seat

First Line:
As when some ancient hospitable seat
Last Line:
Will join to crush us when we're almost down
DMI number:
33959

45. As when some treasurer lays down the stick

First Line:
As when some treasurer lays down the stick
Last Line:
To each an omen of triumphant love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35796

46. As when the Midland sea is nowhere clear

First Line:
As when the Midland sea is nowhere clear
Last Line:
Thus humbly ere we pass strike sail to you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
38783

47. As when the spring in all its bright array

First Line:
As when the spring in all its bright array
Last Line:
And fits us nobly for the part of man
DMI number:
39924

48. Beauty like wit can only charm when new

First Line:
Beauty like wit can only charm when new
Last Line:
Or he'll be sweetly served by such as these
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
38790

49. Before the breast factitious feelings knew

First Line:
Before the breast factitious feelings knew
Last Line:
Since tis to serve my family and me
DMI number:
35417

50. Before this court I Peter Puff appear

First Line:
Before this court I Peter Puff appear
Last Line:
Then set us up and knock the poet down
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33947