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1.
A female bard far from her native land
First Line:
A female bard far from her native land
Last Line:
Complete their triumph give em your applause
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33927
2.
A female culprit at your bar appears
First Line:
A female culprit at your bar appears
Last Line:
And let the men dispute it if they dare
DMI number:
39030
3.
A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet
First Line:
A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet
Last Line:
Now judge her genius is she bawd or belle
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17934
4.
A broiling lamb on Pan's chief altar lies
First Line:
A broiling lamb on Pan's chief altar lies
Last Line:
Their cards being broken and their rudders lost
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38769
5.
A grecian bard two thousand years ago
First Line:
A grecian bard two thousand years ago
Last Line:
For Shakespeare's nature was their nature too
Author:
Robert Lloyd (Absolute)
DMI number:
31747
6.
A noble company for we can spy
First Line:
A noble company for we can spy
Last Line:
More various changes business or more sport
DMI number:
38779
7.
A strange play you are like to have for know
First Line:
A strange play you are like to have for know
Last Line:
Some mirth some matter nay perhaps some wit
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
38756
8.
A strolling player as story tells
First Line:
A strolling player as story tells
Last Line:
You would have acted just like me
DMI number:
38053
9.
A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky
First Line:
A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky
Last Line:
Will choke our foes though bullets hit them not
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation) & Thomas Kyd (Speculation)
DMI number:
27107
10.
A tale
First Line:
A tale
Last Line:
Signifying nothing
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10449
11.
A mischief on it though I'm again alive
First Line:
A mischief on it though I'm again alive
Last Line:
To help a poor disbanded soldier home
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
35872
12.
A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray
First Line:
A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray
Last Line:
They're sparks he caught from his great master's blaze
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33734
13.
A plain built house after so long a stay
First Line:
A plain built house after so long a stay
Last Line:
Machines and tempests will destroy the new
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4029
14.
A play without a wedding made in spite
First Line:
A play without a wedding made in spite
Last Line:
Though there are scurvy wives that they are none
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38916
15.
A poor player
First Line:
A poor player
Last Line:
And then is heard no more
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
10448
16.
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
First Line:
A pox who'd be a poet in our days
Last Line:
Next venture posture Mall shall be his muse
DMI number:
41878
17.
A skilful cook this useful art will boast
First Line:
A skilful cook this useful art will boast
Last Line:
To have a double right to use her tongue
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
31727
18.
A skilful mistress uses wondrous art
First Line:
A skilful mistress uses wondrous art
Last Line:
You cannot bear the physic of the stage
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38920
19.
A pretty task and so I told the fool
First Line:
A pretty task and so I told the fool
Last Line:
Their votes who cannot judge than theirs who can
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35774
20.
A roman parent sacrifice a son
First Line:
A roman parent sacrifice a son
Last Line:
Nor sacrifice the offspring of his brain
DMI number:
39114
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