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841.
The devil is an ass that is today
First Line:
The devil is an ass that is today
Last Line:
If this play do not like the devil is in it
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
38751
842.
The devil take this cursed plotting age
First Line:
The devil take this cursed plotting age
Last Line:
A pox upon the whore of babylon
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
38792
843.
The female author who recites today
First Line:
The female author who recites today
Last Line:
And the grey mare will prove the better horse
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
38932
844.
The fierce Melantius was content you see
First Line:
The fierce Melantius was content you see
Last Line:
Now if we die tis want of your applause
Author:
Edmund Waller (Absolute)
DMI number:
38886
845.
The fifth act past you'll think it strange to find
First Line:
The fifth act past you'll think it strange to find
Last Line:
And tragedy unfarced invites full houses
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
31735
846.
The French however Mercurial they may seem
First Line:
The French however Mercurial they may seem
Last Line:
If she draws tears from you I weep for joy
Author:
Colley Cibber (Confident)
DMI number:
27132
847.
The British theatre already great
First Line:
The British theatre already great
Last Line:
Oh may they never as in Rome be lost
DMI number:
39574
848.
The business of the day being now gone through
First Line:
The business of the day being now gone through
Last Line:
Shall be put home to you and taught abed
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
38936
849.
The buskined muse when Powell was no more
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The buskined muse when Powell was no more
Last Line:
Disconsolate I'll mourn a fiddler's bride
DMI number:
33868
850.
The censuring world perhaps may not esteem
First Line:
The censuring world perhaps may not esteem
Last Line:
And he that fears your malice may be cursed
DMI number:
1114
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