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81. Look through the world in every other trade

First Line:
Look through the world in every other trade
Last Line:
And less than greatest would not be at all
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
30975

82. Let the knight on beauty lour

First Line:
Let the knight on beauty lour
Last Line:
Why ah why should you be there
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Speculation)
DMI number:
35070

83. Life's a jest and all things show it

First Line:
Life's a jest and all things show it
Last Line:
I thought so once but now I know it
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
36721

84. Must I read it again sir so here do I stand

First Line:
Must I read it again sir so here do I stand
Last Line:
The best of amusements the winter can give
Author:
Christopher Anstey (Absolute)
DMI number:
36070

85. My Pylades what Juvenal says no jest is

First Line:
My Pylades what Juvenal says no jest is
Last Line:
Scriptus et in tergo nec dum finitus Orestes
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35385

86. My easy friends since ye think fit

First Line:
My easy friends since ye think fit
Last Line:
And challenges respect wherever its blaze extends
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15352

87. I pray good lord Harley let Jonathan know

First Line:
I pray good lord Harley let Jonathan know
Last Line:
How long you intend to live incognito
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
35061

88. I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough

First Line:
I said 'tis true Lucilius' lines were rough
Last Line:
Go boy and in my book these verses write
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25716

89. I said indeed the verse Lucilius writ

First Line:
I said indeed the verse Lucilius writ
Last Line:
That all I've said be added to my book
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
42178

90. I often have admired dear friend why we

First Line:
I often have admired dear friend why we
Last Line:
The bold young pilot sails to be a man
DMI number:
41805

91. I little thought the time would ever be

First Line:
I little thought the time would ever be
Last Line:
To womankind epitomized in you
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
12398

92. If B----re labours as he writes to please

First Line:
If B----re labours as he writes to please
Last Line:
As if cannot fall it cannot rise
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3605

93. If bards would have a shortlived poem writ

First Line:
If bards would have a shortlived poem writ
Last Line:
To file the rust of wit from P----ck's sense
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3583

94. If one should quote the counsel grave

First Line:
If one should quote the counsel grave
Last Line:
And his old place contented takes
DMI number:
33538

95. If wit as we are told be a disease

First Line:
If wit as we are told be a disease
Last Line:
Tis from his pen the grand elixir flows
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3763

96. If that some painter in a piece should place

First Line:
If that some painter in a piece should place
Last Line:
Will burst or kill them ere they'll reading leave
DMI number:
42213

97. Learn then what morals critics ought to show

First Line:
Learn then what morals critics ought to show
Last Line:
And love to praise with reason on his side
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30651

98. Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over

First Line:
Leave off for shame thy scribbling itch give over
Last Line:
Yet even heroic verse shall stoop to thee
DMI number:
43411

99. Let Sporus tremble - What that thing of silk

First Line:
Let Sporus tremble - What that thing of silk
Last Line:
Wit that can creep and pride that licks the dust
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22770

100. Laverna goddess of the gainful sports

First Line:
Laverna goddess of the gainful sports
Last Line:
Goddess of brag yield to the god of day
DMI number:
33445