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1. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931

2. A goose in the oven no sir tis a slander

First Line:
A goose in the oven no sir tis a slander
Last Line:
As fools will be peeping who thrust your head there
DMI number:
30591

3. 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

4. A humorous fellow in a tavern late

First Line:
A humorous fellow in a tavern late
Last Line:
When I began this brawl I had no brains
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
16101

5. 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

6. A monument of dullness to erect

First Line:
A monument of dullness to erect
Last Line:
To pare excrescencies from Bl-----re's wit
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:
3734

7. A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried

First Line:
A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried
Last Line:
My papers may but thou canst never be spoiled
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3579

8. Accept a miracle instead of wit

First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
33960

9. Advice to P----rs the adviser's zeal may prove

First Line:
Advice to P----rs the adviser's zeal may prove
Last Line:
Religion is a trick you never have known
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3588

10. Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog

First Line:
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
Last Line:
Whom once a lobster killed and now a log
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2762

11. An author's writings oft reveal

First Line:
An author's writings oft reveal
Last Line:
What will not beef and pudding do
DMI number:
30576

12. An empress once gave Virgil many a pound

First Line:
An empress once gave Virgil many a pound
Last Line:
To Tib for writing things that make one spew
DMI number:
2749

13. Art thou not angry learning's great protector

First Line:
Art thou not angry learning's great protector
Last Line:
Amidst these paultry mounts that here around us lie
DMI number:
30580

14. As quacks for pence and praises from the mob

First Line:
As quacks for pence and praises from the mob
Last Line:
Coarse fare and flogging whips shall mend thy brain
DMI number:
5171

15. At first your journal to elude the shame

First Line:
At first your journal to elude the shame
Last Line:
So named it Grub and spoke the truth in jest
DMI number:
13036

16. Authors the world and their dull brains have traced

First Line:
Authors the world and their dull brains have traced
Last Line:
Here here's the place where these bright angels walk
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22055

17. As when that celebrated harlot Joan

First Line:
As when that celebrated harlot Joan
Last Line:
Than C-- C--n W--d R--j and M--
DMI number:
12969

18. B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest

First Line:
B--n thou believest thou'rt famous for a jest
Last Line:
Thou never will't have thy reckoning paid again
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3630

19. Be not puffed up with knighthood friend of mine

First Line:
Be not puffed up with knighthood friend of mine
Last Line:
Thou that art now King Phyz wast once King Ush
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3747

20. Be not puffed up with punning friend of mine

First Line:
Be not puffed up with punning friend of mine
Last Line:
Thou hast been Ush but never canst be Phiz
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3599