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1.
A doctor lately was a captain made
First Line:
A doctor lately was a captain made
Last Line:
It is a change of title not of trade
DMI number:
27578
2.
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813
3.
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
First Line:
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:
28990
4.
A knot of packthread strongly spun
First Line:
A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:
His son should wish him still alive
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
231
5.
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
First Line:
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
26608
6.
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
First Line:
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
32356
7.
A little languishing thou sentest to me
First Line:
A little languishing thou sentest to me
Last Line:
I scarcely then was sick but now am like to die
DMI number:
17388
8.
Alike in temper and alike in life
First Line:
Alike in temper and alike in life
Last Line:
I wonder so great likeness can't agree
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
11165
9.
Alike in temper and in life
First Line:
Alike in temper and in life
Last Line:
The devil's in it they don't agree
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27755
10.
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
First Line:
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
Last Line:
It costs them less to hate than to bestow
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15986
11.
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325
12.
At length my friend while time with still career
First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060
13.
B-- though with scraps of others wit
First Line:
B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:
For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:
12731
14.
Before a swan behind a crow
First Line:
Before a swan behind a crow
Last Line:
And spite of all will keep his day
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27752
15.
Both man and wife as bad as bad can be
First Line:
Both man and wife as bad as bad can be
Last Line:
I wonder they no better should agree
DMI number:
27558
16.
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
First Line:
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
Last Line:
And stretches life beyond th' appointed date
DMI number:
8346
17.
But ancient poets thou admirest none
First Line:
But ancient poets thou admirest none
Last Line:
Can't on such terms find in my heart to die
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12244
18.
By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed
First Line:
By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed
Last Line:
The rascal fobbed me off with only wine
DMI number:
12362
19.
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
First Line:
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
Last Line:
And to content thee I'll never stick at price
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6334
20.
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
First Line:
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
Last Line:
And is plague on him what he would be thought
DMI number:
3197
21.
Co----n pale with envy lies
First Line:
Co----n pale with envy lies
Last Line:
His learning and his wit display
DMI number:
2752
22.
Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
First Line:
Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
Last Line:
But Coscus even thy distichs tedious are
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6328
23.
Diaulus late who void of skill
First Line:
Diaulus late who void of skill
Last Line:
Than cater for the grave
DMI number:
33030
24.
Diaulus sexton from physician is
First Line:
Diaulus sexton from physician is
Last Line:
In this those killed in that capacity
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12589
25.
Dick would you know if I should change my life
First Line:
Dick would you know if I should change my life
Last Line:
Twixt both nor too hard-hearted nor too free
DMI number:
12314
26.
Gemellus seeks old Maronil to wed
First Line:
Gemellus seeks old Maronil to wed
Last Line:
What then provokes O she doth cough and wheeze
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15980
27.
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
First Line:
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
Last Line:
He neither does whose neither heard nor read
DMI number:
12985
28.
Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow
First Line:
Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow
Last Line:
He'd have thee dead and cold
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15987
29.
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13151
30.
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
First Line:
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
Last Line:
Caesar himself can grant what's fit for me
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13488
31.
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
First Line:
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
Last Line:
But take his word for it Hal's not worth a groat
DMI number:
33028
32.
He who hath seen the gardens at Versailles
First Line:
He who hath seen the gardens at Versailles
Last Line:
When sterile winter shall be autumn still
DMI number:
27571
33.
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
First Line:
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
Last Line:
But I will not believe it till I read it
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15989
34.
I burn says one I of a fever burn
First Line:
I burn says one I of a fever burn
Last Line:
Only thy empty stomach did complain
DMI number:
17293
35.
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
First Line:
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
Last Line:
Found bears could sting and marble could destroy
DMI number:
12562
36.
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow
First Line:
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow
Last Line:
There is no living with thee nor without thee
DMI number:
17371
37.
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
First Line:
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
Last Line:
But to trudge four and miss you is the devil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7096
38.
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
First Line:
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
Last Line:
Now let me die but Harris is this friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27759
39.
My works the reader and the hearer praise
First Line:
My works the reader and the hearer praise
Last Line:
Am I to please the cook or please the guest
DMI number:
27652
40.
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
First Line:
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
Last Line:
Must be his neighbour or his lodger
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
16091
41.
My readers and my hearers like my books
First Line:
My readers and my hearers like my books
Last Line:
If that my guest affect my slender cheer
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15988
42.
My cause concerns not battery or treason
First Line:
My cause concerns not battery or treason
Last Line:
Now pray dear sir one word about the sheep
DMI number:
35069
43.
My dearest Phillis let me sip
First Line:
My dearest Phillis let me sip
Last Line:
He's poor that knows how much he has
DMI number:
6263
44.
I offer love but thou respect wilt have
First Line:
I offer love but thou respect wilt have
Last Line:
But know I can be no man's friend and slave
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6314
45.
I often bow your hat you never stir
First Line:
I often bow your hat you never stir
Last Line:
So once for all your humble servant sir
DMI number:
27439
46.
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
First Line:
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Last Line:
Knows a man how to live and does he stay
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9740
47.
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
First Line:
If for mere wantonness you buy so fast
Last Line:
For very want you must sell all at last
DMI number:
32354
48.
If Scaeva for more friends you care
First Line:
If Scaeva for more friends you care
Last Line:
If you no want of friendly virtues see
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
13096
49.
Kate plays the arch and cunning jade
First Line:
Kate plays the arch and cunning jade
Last Line:
So he's as cunning full as she
DMI number:
11129
50.
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
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