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1501.
Cursed rules that thus the noblest loves engage
First Line:
Cursed rules that thus the noblest loves engage
Last Line:
If hands were joied only when hearts agree
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
20229
1502.
Cursed vassalage of womankind
First Line:
Cursed vassalage of womankind
Last Line:
Then slaves to those who courted us before
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21521
1503.
Curses on him
First Line:
Curses on him
Last Line:
Must women cold appear false to herself and him
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Absolute)
DMI number:
18687
1504.
Custom calls me to it
First Line:
Custom calls me to it
Last Line:
For truth to overpeer
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14377
1505.
Custom does often reason overrule
First Line:
Custom does often reason overrule
Last Line:
And only serves for reason to the fool
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
9422
1506.
Custom in course of honour ever errs
First Line:
Custom in course of honour ever errs
Last Line:
And they are best whom fortune least prefers
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14378
1507.
Custom in ills that do affect the sense
First Line:
Custom in ills that do affect the sense
Last Line:
Advice doth seldom mend but makes them worse
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14384
1508.
Custom our native royalty does awe
First Line:
Custom our native royalty does awe
Last Line:
And doubled by their love their piety
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19143
1509.
Custom that does still dispense
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Custom that does still dispense
Last Line:
And only serves for reason to the fools
DMI number:
39405
1510.
Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied
First Line:
Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied
Last Line:
And as he whips upbraids them with his son
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
11261
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