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1. 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

2. A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron

First Line:
A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20350

3. A female doctor sirs and pray why not

First Line:
A female doctor sirs and pray why not
Last Line:
And make King John submit to brave Queen Bess
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
37495

4. A cobbler whom ill chance had made

First Line:
A cobbler whom ill chance had made
Last Line:
To cure your pains who could not mend your shoes
DMI number:
14305

5. A grave physician used to write for fees

First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3730

6. A hopeful youth to honest maxims true

First Line:
A hopeful youth to honest maxims true
Last Line:
Quickly restore my son so help you god
DMI number:
9666

7. A maiden of late

First Line:
A maiden of late
Last Line:
To make maids conceive without help of a man
DMI number:
6717

8. A merry jest I will you tell

First Line:
A merry jest I will you tell
Last Line:
And in this place no longer stay
DMI number:
6720

9. A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried

First Line:
A pox on rhymes and physic S---ly cried
Last Line:
My papers may but thou canst never be spoiled
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3579

10. A son of Galen learned indeed

First Line:
A son of Galen learned indeed
Last Line:
In spite of that poor Colin died
DMI number:
24336

11. A restless lover I espied

First Line:
A restless lover I espied
Last Line:
Nor Cupid a physician
DMI number:
44280

12. A robber on a captain popped

First Line:
A robber on a captain popped
Last Line:
By soldiers run away
DMI number:
25027

13. A lawyer physician and reverend divine

First Line:
A lawyer physician and reverend divine
Last Line:
Traveled home in the dumps lawyer doctor and priest
DMI number:
40661

14. Ah what advice can I receive

First Line:
Ah what advice can I receive
Last Line:
Of cutting through a flame
DMI number:
44048

15. A woman grown lousy for want of due care

First Line:
A woman grown lousy for want of due care
Last Line:
Was as clean as a penny from her head to her foot
DMI number:
7281

16. Apollo's darling gave his utmost aid

First Line:
Apollo's darling gave his utmost aid
Last Line:
Make her at least immortal in thy strains
DMI number:
6368

17. An amorous person Damon by the by

First Line:
An amorous person Damon by the by
Last Line:
A ferula by stealth and was undone
DMI number:
1538

18. As lolling in an elbow chair

First Line:
As lolling in an elbow chair
Last Line:
Supply a plaister to my a----
DMI number:
33316

19. As on her bed Corinna lay

First Line:
As on her bed Corinna lay
Last Line:
Myself can bleed a friend
DMI number:
36842

20. As doctor -- musing sate

First Line:
As doctor -- musing sate
Last Line:
And I am sure to have your friends
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
22578

21. Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer

First Line:
Apollo's favourite hear Britannia's prayer
Last Line:
My Walpole lives and Mortimer despairs
DMI number:
8368

22. As Colin in an elbow chair

First Line:
As Colin in an elbow chair
Last Line:
Supply a plaister to my a----
DMI number:
33268

23. B----d with noisy cures may make us smile

First Line:
B----d with noisy cures may make us smile
Last Line:
But fame gives out he neither cures nor kills
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3608

24. Beneath these stones

First Line:
Beneath these stones
Last Line:
Or if he pleased could pox ye
DMI number:
29799

25. Cade who had slain ten thousand men

First Line:
Cade who had slain ten thousand men
Last Line:
The point upon himself and died
DMI number:
13761

26. But bid physicians preach our veins to temper

First Line:
But bid physicians preach our veins to temper
Last Line:
And with an argument new set a pulse &c
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33189

27. Come sirs draw near

First Line:
Come sirs draw near
Last Line:
Or give him leave to break my head
DMI number:
559

28. Celsus nor gave me puge nor clyster

First Line:
Celsus nor gave me puge nor clyster
Last Line:
The doctor's name and died for fear
DMI number:
32987

29. Celsus takes off by dint of skill

First Line:
Celsus takes off by dint of skill
Last Line:
Your plate without a plaster
DMI number:
28941

30. Come all ye ladies who have lost

First Line:
Come all ye ladies who have lost
Last Line:
To the national interest be hearty | Be as sad &c
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8021

31. Come listen good people a while to my ditty

First Line:
Come listen good people a while to my ditty
Last Line:
Which in less than a year the old knight satisfied
DMI number:
32981

32. Dear mother my time has been wretchedly spent

First Line:
Dear mother my time has been wretchedly spent
Last Line:
And now my dear mother etc etc etc
Author:
Christopher Anstey (Absolute)
DMI number:
32773

33. Dick's wife was sick and posed the doctor's skill

First Line:
Dick's wife was sick and posed the doctor's skill
Last Line:
But I'se think bleeding's like to do most good
DMI number:
22727

34. 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

35. Disclose your grievances to me

First Line:
Disclose your grievances to me
Last Line:
And take advice without a fee
DMI number:
36857

36. Early by four on Friday morn

First Line:
Early by four on Friday morn
Last Line:
So blessed myself and came away
DMI number:
43167

37. Doctor 'tis strange that you pretend to cure

First Line:
Doctor 'tis strange that you pretend to cure
Last Line:
I'll send th' ingredients wrapped in a register
DMI number:
3029

38. Doctors lay by your irksome books

First Line:
Doctors lay by your irksome books
Last Line:
Bow bow your hams to chocolate
DMI number:
42932

39. Fortune my friend I've often thought

First Line:
Fortune my friend I've often thought
Last Line:
Tis wisdom sure to choose the less
Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
38044

40. For physic and farces

First Line:
For physic and farces
Last Line:
His physic a farce is
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31989

41. For shame for shame Oxonians all

First Line:
For shame for shame Oxonians all
Last Line:
Should like to pick the bone
DMI number:
23312

42. For heavens sake Madam let me crave

First Line:
For heavens sake Madam let me crave
Last Line:
What Love denies at least let Mercy do
DMI number:
42573

43. From France there's transmitted abundance of news

First Line:
From France there's transmitted abundance of news
Last Line:
You'll be virgins again or the journal's a liar
DMI number:
11084

44. From pounce and paper ink and pen

First Line:
From pounce and paper ink and pen
Last Line:
George Savage and Will Knapp
DMI number:
18447

45. From thy confessor lawyer and physician

First Line:
From thy confessor lawyer and physician
Last Line:
Hide not thy case or state on no condition
DMI number:
41952

46. God and the doctor men alike adore

First Line:
God and the doctor men alike adore
Last Line:
God is forgotten and the doctor slighted
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
5481

47. Great minds to strokes of fortune never yield

First Line:
Great minds to strokes of fortune never yield
Last Line:
Then shall Ward's pill be never heard of more
DMI number:
39072

48. Hang sorrow cast away care

First Line:
Hang sorrow cast away care
Last Line:
My father hath made his will
DMI number:
43857

49. Had old Hippocrates and Galen

First Line:
Had old Hippocrates and Galen
Last Line:
Or Paracelsus with his long sword
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Confident)
DMI number:
21965

50. Health is a jewel true which when we buy

First Line:
Health is a jewel true which when we buy
Last Line:
Physicians value it accordingly
DMI number:
41950