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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 doctor who for want of skill
First Line:
A doctor who for want of skill
Last Line:
And let your motto be quack quack
DMI number:
35935
3.
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083
4.
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
5.
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
First Line:
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
28989
6.
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
First Line:
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Last Line:
We shall go one and all where we find the best beer
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27766
7.
A dying Latinist of great renown
First Line:
A dying Latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With female gender the case masculine
DMI number:
17152
8.
A famous critic called the man of taste
First Line:
A famous critic called the man of taste
Last Line:
And a damned Abigail as the critic thought it
DMI number:
24717
9.
A fate like mine as poets sing
First Line:
A fate like mine as poets sing
Last Line:
Less tender than the heart
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
30875
10.
A finished form charms to allure the eye
First Line:
A finished form charms to allure the eye
Last Line:
Chaste without pride a wife devoid of art
DMI number:
21736
11.
A fool a wise man riding once espied
First Line:
A fool a wise man riding once espied
Last Line:
Themselves not horse appoint where they must lie
Author:
John Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
41938
12.
A fortune take for better and for worse
First Line:
A fortune take for better and for worse
Last Line:
Tis then that man and wife are on the par
DMI number:
27508
13.
A gallant courting of a gamesome maid
First Line:
A gallant courting of a gamesome maid
Last Line:
If you will kiss you may if not forbear
DMI number:
18839
14.
A German princess once adorned this isle
First Line:
A German princess once adorned this isle
Last Line:
May this hereafter share the other's fate
DMI number:
7963
15.
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
16.
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
17.
A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath
First Line:
A grape stone stifled poor Anacreon's breath
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's choked at last by a potato
DMI number:
37902
18.
A bachelor would have a wife that's wise
First Line:
A bachelor would have a wife that's wise
Last Line:
He should bespeak her there's none ready made
DMI number:
12446
19.
A band of cupids the other day
First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Last Line:
Who's station's now the best
DMI number:
33964
20.
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
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