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1.
A cushion sir is what your riddle means
First Line:
A cushion sir is what your riddle means
Last Line:
This to advance his grandeur that to ease his brains
DMI number:
7599
2.
A formidable figure black as night
First Line:
A formidable figure black as night
Last Line:
Exceeding fierce but destitute of sight
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5617
3.
A general good the rich may freely come
First Line:
A general good the rich may freely come
Last Line:
To Chloris loaves the sick and needy came
DMI number:
6859
4.
A butterfly awake one night
First Line:
A butterfly awake one night
Last Line:
I but a reptile thou a fly
DMI number:
33725
5.
A grotto so complete with such design
First Line:
A grotto so complete with such design
Last Line:
Pleased to reflect the well-sung founder's praise
Author:
James Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:
11850
6.
A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true
First Line:
A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true
Last Line:
And brag of what mischief you've done to our fleet | not a t--- sir
DMI number:
4573
7.
A peace a peace is better far
First Line:
A peace a peace is better far
Last Line:
A better peace what heart could wish
DMI number:
24452
8.
A medley of ruffians bound up in a band
First Line:
A medley of ruffians bound up in a band
Last Line:
And justice and trade may revive from their sleep
DMI number:
44335
9.
A mighty great fleet the like was never seen
First Line:
A mighty great fleet the like was never seen
Last Line:
With the loss of some ships but in battle none slain | Which &c
DMI number:
6638
10.
A poll and land-tax are now coming forth
First Line:
A poll and land-tax are now coming forth
Last Line:
Like parting with our gold and consciences too | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4577
11.
A protestant muse yet a lover of kings
First Line:
A protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had not ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse o' popery pox o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
4938
12.
A protestant priest a man of great fame
First Line:
A protestant priest a man of great fame
Last Line:
But the flesh did prevail by the help of his wife | Which nobody can deny deny which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4970
13.
Ah my love why stayedst thou so
First Line:
Ah my love why stayedst thou so
Last Line:
And all that can a lover bless
DMI number:
42767
14.
Ah pity love wherever it grows
First Line:
Ah pity love wherever it grows
Last Line:
Though I'm so old I scarce know what
DMI number:
42632
15.
After so many sad mishaps
First Line:
After so many sad mishaps
Last Line:
Full fair and soft he made her arse lie
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
7064
16.
A world of stories find we writ
First Line:
A world of stories find we writ
Last Line:
I take it though the captain's paid | his farewell
DMI number:
6589
17.
A world that's full of fools and madmen
First Line:
A world that's full of fools and madmen
Last Line:
I cry for all their ills and laugh at all their follies
DMI number:
5169
18.
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
19.
And must our glorious laureate then depart
First Line:
And must our glorious laureate then depart
Last Line:
As for the rest sweet devil fetch a cart
DMI number:
7106
20.
And none can be unhappy who
First Line:
And none can be unhappy who
Last Line:
Though ever so ill when he shall not be so
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Confident)
DMI number:
5538
21.
Almeria can't eat unless pug be first fed
First Line:
Almeria can't eat unless pug be first fed
Last Line:
What then can Almeria pray have in her head
DMI number:
12856
22.
And thus you may get a friend that will stand by
First Line:
And thus you may get a friend that will stand by
Last Line:
Or stand aloof and gaze but won't come nigh
DMI number:
8194
23.
And where all beasts look down with grovelling eye
First Line:
And where all beasts look down with grovelling eye
Last Line:
And bids him with expansed looks to view the sky
DMI number:
43809
24.
As timorous sailors when from sea they spy
First Line:
As timorous sailors when from sea they spy
Last Line:
For she alone can give my sickened soul relief
DMI number:
40075
25.
As did the Romans mourn that fatal day
First Line:
As did the Romans mourn that fatal day
Last Line:
Who likes his country and hates to be oppressed
DMI number:
4369
26.
Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains
First Line:
Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains
Last Line:
Strike courteous tyrant and conclude the play
Author:
Isaac Watts (Absolute)
DMI number:
25979
27.
Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove
First Line:
Arise my soul thy sacred ardour prove
Last Line:
Join men and angels in one chorus join
DMI number:
27255
28.
As Celia to the almighty prayed
First Line:
As Celia to the almighty prayed
Last Line:
And lastly let the devil take him | Lord I beseech thee
DMI number:
18273
29.
As comets sweeping with a fiery train
First Line:
As comets sweeping with a fiery train
Last Line:
Fires woes and wars and death attend her cold disdain
DMI number:
11479
30.
As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine
First Line:
As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine
Last Line:
To see high church built upon such mathematics
DMI number:
13659
31.
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
First Line:
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
Last Line:
To traitors and villains confusion of face | Which nobody &c
DMI number:
11957
32.
Beauty's a trifle merits not my care
First Line:
Beauty's a trifle merits not my care
Last Line:
Joined with his mind than be a fool and fair
Author:
Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee] (Absolute)
DMI number:
5233
33.
Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow
First Line:
Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow
Last Line:
Her precious cargo Burgoyne Clinton Howe | Bow wow wow
DMI number:
33668
34.
Both man and chylde is glad to here tell
First Line:
Both man and chylde is glad to here tell
Last Line:
With all hys lordes of great honoure
DMI number:
37314
35.
C------ at this time having no need
First Line:
C------ at this time having no need
Last Line:
The lord's vexation and the k---- by G-d
DMI number:
42310
36.
Caesar the infant unarmed Gauls subdued
First Line:
Caesar the infant unarmed Gauls subdued
Last Line:
But Marlborough conquered what they neither could
DMI number:
5304
37.
By nature meant by want a pedant made
First Line:
By nature meant by want a pedant made
Last Line:
A gift which all thy lines can never give
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3629
38.
By the toast of your health when full bumpers go down
First Line:
By the toast of your health when full bumpers go down
Last Line:
By all the gay fancies described in this ditty | I prithee &c
DMI number:
22366
39.
By heaven I'll tell her boldly that tis she
First Line:
By heaven I'll tell her boldly that tis she
Last Line:
To an undeserving beggar than a thief
DMI number:
44019
40.
By heavens 'twas bravely done
First Line:
By heavens 'twas bravely done
Last Line:
And then to fall like Phaeton
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5477
41.
But if you hit the cause that hurts his brain
First Line:
But if you hit the cause that hurts his brain
Last Line:
His eyeballs roll and he is mad again
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
6959
42.
But the base miser starves amidst his store
First Line:
But the base miser starves amidst his store
Last Line:
Sits sadly pining and believes he's poor
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5972
43.
Cease Damon cease nor more pursue
First Line:
Cease Damon cease nor more pursue
Last Line:
And courts the flame in which he dies
DMI number:
5148
44.
Chloe is never naked seen
First Line:
Chloe is never naked seen
Last Line:
Naked tis death to picture Chlo
DMI number:
22043
45.
Chloe you write to me for coin
First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756
46.
Close to my owner I adhered
First Line:
Close to my owner I adhered
Last Line:
And serve their ends of me piece-meal
DMI number:
4898
47.
Consult dear nymph your faithful glass
First Line:
Consult dear nymph your faithful glass
Last Line:
For charms once gone can never return
DMI number:
1404
48.
Conscience thou native guide of human kind
First Line:
Conscience thou native guide of human kind
Last Line:
Soul truth light reason centre all in thee Procul esto severi
DMI number:
24551
49.
Dear wife let me have a fire made
First Line:
Dear wife let me have a fire made
Last Line:
For which we have justly deserved a rope | This it is to be learned and witty
DMI number:
4949
50.
Did Perrault the assassin ever give
First Line:
Did Perrault the assassin ever give
Last Line:
Tis false and needs no proof for I'm alive
DMI number:
8986
51.
Didst never observe good friend of mine
First Line:
Didst never observe good friend of mine
Last Line:
Alone she'd maul you hip and thigh | Believe me
DMI number:
6200
52.
Dignified things may I your leave implore
First Line:
Dignified things may I your leave implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
4905
53.
Dignified things may I your leaves implore
First Line:
Dignified things may I your leaves implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
42329
54.
Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise
First Line:
Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise
Last Line:
At once are sunk his genius and her charms
DMI number:
33217
55.
Fair Archibella to thine eyes
First Line:
Fair Archibella to thine eyes
Last Line:
That me your martyr you will call
DMI number:
11217
56.
Farewell great villain and unpitied lie
First Line:
Farewell great villain and unpitied lie
Last Line:
Confound his foes to pray I never will cease
DMI number:
43118
57.
From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet
First Line:
From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet
Last Line:
And repenting with Colledge at last in a string | Libera nos
DMI number:
44327
58.
From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet
First Line:
From a new modelled Jesuit in a Scotch bonnet
Last Line:
Deliver us good Lord let each true subject sing | Lib &c
DMI number:
43083
59.
From a poet that's proud of his wit and his parts
First Line:
From a poet that's proud of his wit and his parts
Last Line:
From a bailiff informer umpho and the devil | Libera nos Domine
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5438
60.
From a proud sensual atheistical life
First Line:
From a proud sensual atheistical life
Last Line:
From making our heirs to be Morrice and Clayton | Libera nos Domine
DMI number:
4742
61.
From a queen that's true english and wisely intends
First Line:
From a queen that's true english and wisely intends
Last Line:
And insulting the present queen on her throne | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
12508
62.
From a senate intent on the good of the nation
First Line:
From a senate intent on the good of the nation
Last Line:
Though we fear his grim worship has got us too fast | Oramus
DMI number:
8061
63.
From a spoon without a handle
First Line:
From a spoon without a handle
Last Line:
And from college government | Libera me &c
DMI number:
5220
64.
From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud
First Line:
From a wife of small fortune but yet very proud
Last Line:
From petty coats where the inside's very naught | Libera me
DMI number:
22362
65.
From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot
First Line:
From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot
Last Line:
And from such as again would blow up three nations | Libera &c
DMI number:
42360
66.
From all such as rail at our church's defender
First Line:
From all such as rail at our church's defender
Last Line:
And that they who're displeased will strive to oppress her | Libera nos
DMI number:
8093
67.
From all the women we have whored
First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesimus te &c
DMI number:
42378
68.
From all the women we have whored
First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesumus &c
DMI number:
4912
69.
From all the women we have whored
First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
Or ever see Breda again | Quaesumus te domine
DMI number:
42358
70.
From an old inquisition and new declaration
First Line:
From an old inquisition and new declaration
Last Line:
And finding it all ignoramus at last | For ever &c
DMI number:
42361
71.
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
First Line:
Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats
Last Line:
For of late I invite him but four times a week
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12424
72.
For shame your green wood fires then smother
First Line:
For shame your green wood fires then smother
Last Line:
Old rats love cheese go construe that
DMI number:
42633
73.
Fly from Olinda young and fair
First Line:
Fly from Olinda young and fair
Last Line:
And breaks the promise of her eyes
DMI number:
2676
74.
From hungry sons of sharp Parnassus
First Line:
From hungry sons of sharp Parnassus
Last Line:
Content and three good meals a day | Audi nos &c
DMI number:
5270
75.
From immoderate fines and defamation
First Line:
From immoderate fines and defamation
Last Line:
And from the Star Chamber in Westminster Hall | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42357
76.
From kings that would sell us to pay their old scores
First Line:
From kings that would sell us to pay their old scores
Last Line:
When all are as false as the saving of Flanders | Good lord deliver us
DMI number:
5186
77.
From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth
First Line:
From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth
Last Line:
Who'll endeavour to save St Paul's work 'tis thought | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7457
78.
From parting clouds the German eagle brings
First Line:
From parting clouds the German eagle brings
Last Line:
Twill never thrive since heaven and earth oppose
Author:
H. Denne (Speculation)
DMI number:
3898
79.
From people pretending to extraordinary zeal
First Line:
From people pretending to extraordinary zeal
Last Line:
And from eating hard eggs without any salt | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7268
80.
From popish bishops high flying peers
First Line:
From popish bishops high flying peers
Last Line:
The cloak more faithful than the gown | Audi nos &c
DMI number:
5298
81.
From religion that's nonsense and larded with lies
First Line:
From religion that's nonsense and larded with lies
Last Line:
And one who his sheep of their fleece does rob | Good lord deliver us
DMI number:
42367
82.
From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry
First Line:
From the boat of old Charon in the Stygian ferry
Last Line:
You are pirate at sea as I pirate at land | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4986
83.
Gaze not on thy beauty's pride
First Line:
Gaze not on thy beauty's pride
Last Line:
A perpetual blush to thine
DMI number:
44017
84.
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
First Line:
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
Last Line:
In hopes of concealing our dear cloven paw | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42377
85.
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
First Line:
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
Last Line:
To purchase no more than a poor cushion pregnant | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
4939
86.
From the Romish whore with her triple crown
First Line:
From the Romish whore with her triple crown
Last Line:
And quit us all from that cloud which appears | Quesimus te domine
DMI number:
42986
87.
From the tap in the guts of the honourable stump
First Line:
From the tap in the guts of the honourable stump
Last Line:
From the devil the doctor and the damned ignoramus | Libera nos
DMI number:
44325
88.
From villainy dressed in a doublet of zeal
First Line:
From villainy dressed in a doublet of zeal
Last Line:
Unite us and the highland rout | Quaesimus te &c
Author:
R. Fletcher (Speculation)
DMI number:
4727
89.
From whiggish peers thy church preserve
First Line:
From whiggish peers thy church preserve
Last Line:
While whigs sit at the helm of state | Audi
DMI number:
5290
90.
From wine to love from love to wine I run
First Line:
From wine to love from love to wine I run
Last Line:
Till sure at last by both to be undone
DMI number:
25373
91.
Go brightest saint to sacred seats repair
First Line:
Go brightest saint to sacred seats repair
Last Line:
Divine's the music when an angel sings
Author:
Mary Masters (Absolute)
DMI number:
17684
92.
Go happy book and kiss her tender hand
First Line:
Go happy book and kiss her tender hand
Last Line:
And thou wilt in ashes lie with Strephon's heart
Author:
John Morrice (Absolute)
DMI number:
14108
93.
Gallants by all good signs it does appear
First Line:
Gallants by all good signs it does appear
Last Line:
And you'll be troubled with them all agen
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
4202
94.
God's mercy and christ's merits make me trust
First Line:
God's mercy and christ's merits make me trust
Last Line:
For aye to praise Jehovah with the just
DMI number:
29094
95.
Great monarch of the world from whose power springs
First Line:
Great monarch of the world from whose power springs
Last Line:
Yet though we perish bless this church and state
DMI number:
10333
96.
Hail mighty prince of noble birth and mind
First Line:
Hail mighty prince of noble birth and mind
Last Line:
In your heroic self and race behind
DMI number:
12036
97.
Hail powerful sleep who on thy downy breast
First Line:
Hail powerful sleep who on thy downy breast
Last Line:
Are often at an end and wholly hushed in thee
DMI number:
10305
98.
Hang up thy wallet on that tree
First Line:
Hang up thy wallet on that tree
Last Line:
Less wearied be
DMI number:
38272
99.
Good wine a friend or being dry
First Line:
Good wine a friend or being dry
Last Line:
Or any other reason why
DMI number:
24624
100.
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
Last Line:
She far excels the rest of womankind
DMI number:
12658
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