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101. Thou fund of nonsense was it not enough

First Line:
Thou fund of nonsense was it not enough
Last Line:
Is a dull pedant and a busy quack
Author:
Countess of Sandwich (Absolute)
DMI number:
3740

102. Thou god of jest who over the ambrosial bowl

First Line:
Thou god of jest who over the ambrosial bowl
Last Line:
Shall Hill the arch dunce remain over every dunce supreme
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
30572

103. Thus to be ridden whipped and spurred

First Line:
Thus to be ridden whipped and spurred
Last Line:
Full of brown loaves on either side
DMI number:
6907

104. Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face

First Line:
Tis false lewd priest I speak it in thy face
Last Line:
Thou'll never be tickled who canst never be cured
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3616

105. To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain

First Line:
To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain
Last Line:
For any thing entire but for an ass
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute) & Sir Carr Scrope (Speculation)
DMI number:
5670

106. Well I have known old trinity these forty years and more this spring

First Line:
Well I have known old trinity these forty years and more this spring
Last Line:
So I remain your's and everybody's most humble servant to command | Minister the Badgeman
DMI number:
37758

107. We bid thee not give over the killing trade

First Line:
We bid thee not give over the killing trade
Last Line:
Prithee mind physick more and rhyming less
Author:
James Annesley (Confident)
DMI number:
3739

108. Was't thy zeal or thy drink

First Line:
Was't thy zeal or thy drink
Last Line:
And my notes on Herodotus last
Author:
Arthur Maynwaring (Absolute)
DMI number:
8340

109. Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse

First Line:
Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse
Last Line:
Thy poems and thy patients live not long
Author:
Sir Samuel Garth (Absolute)
DMI number:
3733

110. What frenzy has possessed thy desperate brain

First Line:
What frenzy has possessed thy desperate brain
Last Line:
His feeble health thy pen to spread his fame
Author:
Francis Manning (Speculation)
DMI number:
3746