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101. 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

102. 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

103. A bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed

First Line:
A bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed
Last Line:
Are always fobbed off with sheer wit and sheer wine
Author:
Patrick Delany (Confident)
DMI number:
11477

104. A bard whose laurel never dies

First Line:
A bard whose laurel never dies
Last Line:
Tis W--m S--n a mean P--r
DMI number:
35410

105. A bat by dismal chance one day

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

106. A batchelor more gay than sage

First Line:
A batchelor more gay than sage
Last Line:
Fair tuttress each the same to you
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22780

107. A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet

First Line:
A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet
Last Line:
Now judge her genius is she bawd or belle
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17934

108. A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise

First Line:
A bear who'd not age to make him seem wise
Last Line:
From a fool of a bear he appears a strange ass
DMI number:
21749

109. A beau as in old tale it's written

First Line:
A beau as in old tale it's written
Last Line:
A madam now and puss no more
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11861

110. A beauty comes a heroine in her air

First Line:
A beauty comes a heroine in her air
Last Line:
And fill her veins with Charles's amorous blood
DMI number:
31333

111. A bed may be little or great short or long

First Line:
A bed may be little or great short or long
Last Line:
Are wretched and happy we are born and we die
DMI number:
6244

112. A bed that any one might sleep in

First Line:
A bed that any one might sleep in
Last Line:
And finally the C-pt-n's self
DMI number:
38378

113. A beggar got a bailiff a bailiff got a yeoman

First Line:
A beggar got a bailiff a bailiff got a yeoman
Last Line:
A dean got a bishop a bishop got a quean
DMI number:
44018

114. A being darkly wise and rudely great

First Line:
A being darkly wise and rudely great
Last Line:
The glory jest and riddle of the world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28217

115. A bishop once whose crazy brain

First Line:
A bishop once whose crazy brain
Last Line:
The guests were pleased no more was said
DMI number:
73

116. A bloom like thine attends the vernal rose

First Line:
A bloom like thine attends the vernal rose
Last Line:
And leave the strong impression deep behind
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Speculation)
DMI number:
12689

117. 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

118. A boar who had enjoyed a happy reign

First Line:
A boar who had enjoyed a happy reign
Last Line:
Destroy each other every mother's son
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
36363

119. A bonny brisk widow who riches possessed

First Line:
A bonny brisk widow who riches possessed
Last Line:
He has no way to lay it upon an occasion
DMI number:
6919

120. A brace of bucks in friendship bound

First Line:
A brace of bucks in friendship bound
Last Line:
Smile on her cheek and bloom without decay
DMI number:
36520

121. A brace of vigorous hot young gallants

First Line:
A brace of vigorous hot young gallants
Last Line:
Ay ay Jack but I won't be bammed
DMI number:
12354

122. A brazen pot by scouring vexed

First Line:
A brazen pot by scouring vexed
Last Line:
When none oppress nor are oppressed
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23848

123. A brighter beauty shines not in this isle

First Line:
A brighter beauty shines not in this isle
Last Line:
Diana leaves behind each goddess of the sky
DMI number:
963

124. A brisk young vintner pert and gay

First Line:
A brisk young vintner pert and gay
Last Line:
Then prithee place your red nose there
DMI number:
40406

125. A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child

First Line:
A Brooke by name the Baron Cobham's child
Last Line:
Blessed with two babes the third brought her to this
DMI number:
34149

126. 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

127. A brow-beat husband and triumphant wife

First Line:
A brow-beat husband and triumphant wife
Last Line:
Even let him try and be convinced who dares
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11332

128. 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

129. A bumpkin unrefined and rude

First Line:
A bumpkin unrefined and rude
Last Line:
Thy company is worse than none
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30290

130. A butterfly awake one night

First Line:
A butterfly awake one night
Last Line:
I but a reptile thou a fly
DMI number:
33725

131. 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

132. A candle's useful in obscurity

First Line:
A candle's useful in obscurity
Last Line:
If I am right tis well if not I wrong must be
DMI number:
7792

133. 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

134. A cardinal deprived of hope

First Line:
A cardinal deprived of hope
Last Line:
Which no man ever can refute
DMI number:
12709

135. A cat a favourite one tis said

First Line:
A cat a favourite one tis said
Last Line:
Destruction on themselves and king
DMI number:
33279

136. A cat and monkey tired with play

First Line:
A cat and monkey tired with play
Last Line:
Be wise and of false friends beware
DMI number:
30259

137. A catalogue of books wherein contains

First Line:
A catalogue of books wherein contains
Last Line:
And am your humble servant at command
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36539

138. A cavalier did in a highway theft

First Line:
A cavalier did in a highway theft
Last Line:
Lose one of his arms but his right hand was left
Author:
Thomas Jordan (Confident)
DMI number:
36600

139. A cavalier the men of ancient date

First Line:
A cavalier the men of ancient date
Last Line:
Patience our strength and honesty our guide
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25782

140. A cave there is deep in declining ground

First Line:
A cave there is deep in declining ground
Last Line:
Because thought absent at his wondrous fall
Author:
John Hopkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
5880

141. A certain brewer whose liquor of life

First Line:
A certain brewer whose liquor of life
Last Line:
That those who touch cash should have clean washen hands
DMI number:
4412

142. A certain free familiar spark

First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539

143. A certain high exalted cit

First Line:
A certain high exalted cit
Last Line:
For either Brunswick or Nassau
DMI number:
3356

144. A certain maid too prudishly inclined

First Line:
A certain maid too prudishly inclined
Last Line:
And then lead apes in hell
DMI number:
33503

145. A certain sister of our town

First Line:
A certain sister of our town
Last Line:
She's married now and there's an end on it
DMI number:
15540

146. A charming star that glistered far when fixed in this our sky

First Line:
A charming star that glistered far when fixed in this our sky
Last Line:
His earth we have within this grave his soul in heaven is found
DMI number:
28539

147. A cheat I am and such my nice disguise

First Line:
A cheat I am and such my nice disguise
Last Line:
With as much ease as if I never deceived
DMI number:
25135

148. A child and dead alas how could it come

First Line:
A child and dead alas how could it come
Last Line:
Surely thy thread of life was but a thrum
DMI number:
29373

149. A chilling damp invades my trembling heart

First Line:
A chilling damp invades my trembling heart
Last Line:
And with her filial tears bedew his hallowed urn
DMI number:
40565

150. A chilly frost over all Parnassus spread

First Line:
A chilly frost over all Parnassus spread
Last Line:
The worthy gift to his ingenious friends
DMI number:
19544

151. A clergyman of special note

First Line:
A clergyman of special note
Last Line:
Take care betimes to run him down
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
40246

152. A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight

First Line:
A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight
Last Line:
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18340

153. A cobbler once upon a time

First Line:
A cobbler once upon a time
Last Line:
Act always by inclination not by force
DMI number:
5078

154. 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

155. A cobbler whom ill chance had made

First Line:
A cobbler whom ill chance had made
Last Line:
To cure your pains who could not mend your shoes
DMI number:
14305

156. A coffin black is all we have

First Line:
A coffin black is all we have
Last Line:
When we are laid into the grave
DMI number:
29282

157. A collier held a farm too large

First Line:
A collier held a farm too large
Last Line:
Black as the coals in which you trade
DMI number:
30268

158. A common theme a flattering muse may fire

First Line:
A common theme a flattering muse may fire
Last Line:
Till then my little saint adieu adieu
DMI number:
28986

159. A compliment no curse upon the birth

First Line:
A compliment no curse upon the birth
Last Line:
Who'll be too early ripe and rotten soon
DMI number:
17784

160. A conscience clear and void of all offence

First Line:
A conscience clear and void of all offence
Last Line:
A good estate well gotten in our youth
DMI number:
24675

161. A cottage with a steeple nigh

First Line:
A cottage with a steeple nigh
Last Line:
To providence we leave the rest
DMI number:
31596

162. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:
A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3638

163. A country family for London bound

First Line:
A country family for London bound
Last Line:
Exalts your souls and yields a lasting pleasure
DMI number:
17686

164. A country farmer saint or sinner

First Line:
A country farmer saint or sinner
Last Line:
The farmer's foibles handed down
DMI number:
22574

165. A country vicar in his homely house

First Line:
A country vicar in his homely house
Last Line:
Beef liberty and safety be my lot
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
30919

166. A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride

First Line:
A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride
Last Line:
In hopes alas to see their dam again
DMI number:
31928

167. A courtier professed much esteemed by the great

First Line:
A courtier professed much esteemed by the great
Last Line:
And depend on my service to tell my lord Bute
DMI number:
31328

168. A courtier summoned hence of late

First Line:
A courtier summoned hence of late
Last Line:
But how have they succeeded there
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11547

169. A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd

First Line:
A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd
Last Line:
Had it been worth a farthing you would not have gave it
DMI number:
6917

170. A crab of wise and learned pate

First Line:
A crab of wise and learned pate
Last Line:
Damns all the world besides and deifies himself
DMI number:
36759

171. A critic was of old a glorious name

First Line:
A critic was of old a glorious name
Last Line:
And stab like bravoes all who come that way
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
30984

172. A critic with a phiz severe

First Line:
A critic with a phiz severe
Last Line:
Thought on as he had thought before
Author:
James Robertson (Absolute)
DMI number:
33448

173. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:
A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:
Cuckoos go out cuckoos come back
DMI number:
30817

174. A cuckoo once as cuckoos use

First Line:
A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
Last Line:
Is not the moral of it true
DMI number:
33323

175. A curious eye

First Line:
A curious eye
Last Line:
And superscribed this from suspicion
Author:
John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13215

176. A curious statue we are told

First Line:
A curious statue we are told
Last Line:
A meaner were unworthy Swift
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11376

177. 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

178. 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

179. A Grecian dame is thus complete

First Line:
A Grecian dame is thus complete
Last Line:
In love they find the deeper sport
DMI number:
10672

180. A Grecian youth of talents rare

First Line:
A Grecian youth of talents rare
Last Line:
To govern men and guide the state
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22456

181. A grotto so complete with such design

First Line:
A grotto so complete with such design
Last Line:
Pleased to reflect the well-sung founder's praise
Author:
James Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
11850

182. A group of wits upon a time

First Line:
A group of wits upon a time
Last Line:
Laughed at six lines from six days leisure
DMI number:
35498

183. A grove there was by nature made

First Line:
A grove there was by nature made
Last Line:
With separate maintenance for life
Author:
Nicholas Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
22500

184. A grumbler full of discontent

First Line:
A grumbler full of discontent
Last Line:
A thousand smarts with shadowy woes
DMI number:
33356

185. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

186. A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

First Line:
A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days
Last Line:
How Venus once revenged neglected love
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
12025

187. A handsome fellow t'other day

First Line:
A handsome fellow t'other day
Last Line:
Will do the rest another time
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21452

188. A handsome lady young and gay

First Line:
A handsome lady young and gay
Last Line:
I only did the question ask
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
21459

189. A handsome youth be sure you'll have

First Line:
A handsome youth be sure you'll have
Last Line:
That will thee wed my pretty Nan
DMI number:
8186

190. A hare beloved by all the train

First Line:
A hare beloved by all the train
Last Line:
Sincere unless to one confined
DMI number:
30220

191. A hare you in season presented to us

First Line:
A hare you in season presented to us
Last Line:
For the sauce and the supper will suit to a hair
Author:
Francis Fawkes (Absolute)
DMI number:
26932

192. A harlequin p-v-st cognomine prancer

First Line:
A harlequin p-v-st cognomine prancer
Last Line:
For who knows so much as our head of the c-ge
DMI number:
37743

193. A hat secures from the sun's scorching heat

First Line:
A hat secures from the sun's scorching heat
Last Line:
As lords and ladies in each lane or street
DMI number:
7775

194. 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

195. A heart to mercy as to zeal inclined

First Line:
A heart to mercy as to zeal inclined
Last Line:
Accept the tribute of a grateful line
Author:
Mary Leapor (Absolute)
DMI number:
34379

196. A heat that glows in every line that's writ

First Line:
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
Last Line:
Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775

197. A hermit or if chance you hold

First Line:
A hermit or if chance you hold
Last Line:
Either too early or too late
Author:
William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:
36963

198. A hern more malapert than wise

First Line:
A hern more malapert than wise
Last Line:
An ugly empty dwarfish tailor
DMI number:
11110

199. A heron erect with stately stride

First Line:
A heron erect with stately stride
Last Line:
Eat snails like any epicure
Author:
Catherine Jemmat (Speculation)
DMI number:
15406

200. A higher flight and of a happier force

First Line:
A higher flight and of a happier force
Last Line:
With fury too as well as fancy fired
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10414