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1151.
What horrors fill the tragic poet's brain
First Line:
What horrors fill the tragic poet's brain
Last Line:
And critics then attack him if ye dare
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
33932
1152.
What if to end this fortune telling play
First Line:
What if to end this fortune telling play
Last Line:
And whether good or bad tis as you find it
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:
39049
1153.
Were it not sirs impossible to find
First Line:
Were it not sirs impossible to find
Last Line:
If bad comes on it I know twas well designed
Author:
George Saville Carey (Speculation)
DMI number:
40515
1154.
Were none of you gallants ever driven so hard
First Line:
Were none of you gallants ever driven so hard
Last Line:
The gaudy house with scenes will serve for cits
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4028
1155.
Were you but half so humble to confess
First Line:
Were you but half so humble to confess
Last Line:
As others did your homely ancestors
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38773
1156.
Were you but half so wise as you are severe
First Line:
Were you but half so wise as you are severe
Last Line:
He may grow up to write and you to judge
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4031
1157.
What is this wit which Cowley could not name
First Line:
What is this wit which Cowley could not name
Last Line:
A bullying gallant in a wanton play
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
38891
1158.
What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free
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What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free
Last Line:
Yours is the old hereditary right
Author:
Thomas Tickell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8400
1159.
What madness has possessed this snarling age
First Line:
What madness has possessed this snarling age
Last Line:
Oh may I live to hail the glorious day | And sing loud paeans &c
DMI number:
6178
1160.
When conjurers the quality can bubble
First Line:
When conjurers the quality can bubble
Last Line:
The audience fools the conjurer a thief
DMI number:
20830
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