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1.
As when a bully draws his sword
First Line:
As when a bully draws his sword
Last Line:
Mongrels will serve to keep him down
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Edmund Ashton (Absolute)
DMI number:
4919
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Come on ye critics find one fault who dare
First Line:
Come on ye critics find one fault who dare
Last Line:
Did ever libel yet so sharply bite
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
2243
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Come on you critics find one fault who dares
First Line:
Come on you critics find one fault who dares
Last Line:
Did ever libel yet more sharply bite
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4917
4.
Have you not seen the raging stormy main
First Line:
Have you not seen the raging stormy main
Last Line:
If you have seen all this then kiss mine a---
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
22295
5.
His foppery without the help of sense
First Line:
His foppery without the help of sense
Last Line:
An eminent fool must be a man of parts
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5612
6.
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
First Line:
Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud
Last Line:
For he had writ plays yet never came in print
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident)
DMI number:
3963
7.
Thou damned Antipodes to common sense
First Line:
Thou damned Antipodes to common sense
Last Line:
In the same strain thou writest thy comedy
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4918
8.
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:
Sir Carr Scrope (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
5670
9.
Unequally th'impartial hand of heaven
First Line:
Unequally th'impartial hand of heaven
Last Line:
His own too little or his friend's too much
DMI number:
5614