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1. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:: A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:: We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:: 36840

2. A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence

First Line:: A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Last Line:: We shall go one and all where we find the best beer
Author:: William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27766

3. A flow of stile by native genius taught

First Line:: A flow of stile by native genius taught
Last Line:: We praise we love we honour we admire
DMI number:: 36687

4. A form more fine more accurately wrought

First Line:: A form more fine more accurately wrought
Last Line:: To me the heavenly messengers appear
Author:: Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Confident)
DMI number:: 6816

5. A friend to all whom virtue may commend

First Line:: A friend to all whom virtue may commend
Last Line:: And God's sole work would always be to bless
DMI number:: 20477

6. A gallant courting of a gamesome maid

First Line:: A gallant courting of a gamesome maid
Last Line:: If you will kiss you may if not forbear
DMI number:: 18839

7. A general fieceness dwells with innocence

First Line:: A general fieceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:: And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
Author:: Nathaniel Lee (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19165

8. A general good the rich may freely come

First Line:: A general good the rich may freely come
Last Line:: To Chloris loaves the sick and needy came
DMI number:: 6859

9. A generous fierceness dwells with innocence

First Line:: A generous fierceness dwells with innocence
Last Line:: And conscious virtue is allowed some pride
DMI number:: 39721

10. A gentleman two whelps did get

First Line:: A gentleman two whelps did get
Last Line:: Maintains me to this day
DMI number:: 24765

11. A good man should and must

First Line:: A good man should and must
Last Line:: Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15054

12. A good repute a virtuous name

First Line:: A good repute a virtuous name
Last Line:: You never more will find me
Author:: Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3371

13. A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed

First Line:: A grasshopper once while the winter prevailed
Last Line:: All idlers shall suffer the woes they deserve
DMI number:: 36291

14. A grasshopper who chirped and sung

First Line:: A grasshopper who chirped and sung
Last Line:: And so unpitied bleed
DMI number:: 19856

15. A bard whose laurel never dies

First Line:: A bard whose laurel never dies
Last Line:: Tis W--m S--n a mean P--r
DMI number:: 35410

16. A base revenge is vengeance on myself

First Line:: A base revenge is vengeance on myself
Last Line:: -
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20627

17. A bawd first for her profession or

First Line:: A bawd first for her profession or
Last Line:: Clerkenwell and die in Bridewell
Author:: John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13648

18. A bumper yes may for a while

First Line:: A bumper yes may for a while
Last Line:: To mingle with the low
DMI number:: 35322

19. A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches

First Line:: A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches
Last Line:: Will not believe the devil before the scot
DMI number:: 42730

20. A cap and bells for him produce

First Line:: A cap and bells for him produce
Last Line:: Some good tight hempen halters
DMI number:: 36076

21. A cardinal deprived of hope

First Line:: A cardinal deprived of hope
Last Line:: Which no man ever can refute
DMI number:: 12709

22. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:: A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:: To this day that I heard
DMI number:: 41932

23. A conscience clear and void of all offence

First Line:: A conscience clear and void of all offence
Last Line:: A good estate well gotten in our youth
DMI number:: 24675

24. A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride

First Line:: A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride
Last Line:: In hopes alas to see their dam again
DMI number:: 31928

25. A courtier summoned hence of late

First Line:: A courtier summoned hence of late
Last Line:: But how have they succeeded there
Author:: Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11547

26. A curious eye

First Line:: A curious eye
Last Line:: And superscribed this from suspicion
Author:: John Chalkhill (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13215

27. A Grecian youth of talents rare

First Line:: A Grecian youth of talents rare
Last Line:: To govern men and guide the state
Author:: William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22456

28. A hermit or if chance you hold

First Line:: A hermit or if chance you hold
Last Line:: Either too early or too late
Author:: William Cowper (Absolute)
DMI number:: 36963

29. A Levite gaming makes the saying true

First Line:: A Levite gaming makes the saying true
Last Line:: Tables much fitter for a Levite's use
DMI number:: 18094

30. A just man cannot fear

First Line:: A just man cannot fear
Last Line:: His innocency is armour gainst all these
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15754

31. A monster in a course of vice grown old

First Line:: A monster in a course of vice grown old
Last Line:: Pity a wretch like him should ever live
Author:: Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13487

32. A Murelands man of uplands mak

First Line:: A Murelands man of uplands mak
Last Line:: But weil I wate an of ilk ten | Micht very weil gane all the session
Author:: William Dunbar (Confident)
DMI number:: 10859

33. A muse unskilled in venal praise

First Line:: A muse unskilled in venal praise
Last Line:: While shouting nations gaze
Author:: James Beattie (Absolute)
DMI number:: 32710

34. A noble freedom

First Line:: A noble freedom
Last Line:: And claims a privilege of being believed
Author:: Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:: 18538

35. A noble temper shines even though his faults

First Line:: A noble temper shines even though his faults
Last Line:: And gilds them into virtue
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21242

36. A palace that is more uneasy far

First Line:: A palace that is more uneasy far
Last Line:: Of all I saw but all I fancied too
Author:: Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:: 23329

37. A pampered hern of lofty mien and state

First Line:: A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
Last Line:: And gorged that noisome thing for all her pride
DMI number:: 12610

38. A tassel that hangs at my purse strings he dogs

First Line:: A tassel that hangs at my purse strings he dogs
Last Line:: I bear them and beat him
Author:: John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17003

39. A thousand charms in Celia meet

First Line:: A thousand charms in Celia meet
Last Line:: Preserves so long her virgin reign
DMI number:: 16178

40. A thousand nights have brushed their balmy wings

First Line:: A thousand nights have brushed their balmy wings
Last Line:: And dried the dews they brought
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 21267

41. A tragic tale from Norman William's age

First Line:: A tragic tale from Norman William's age
Last Line:: One moment's rashness blasts whole years of fame
Author:: Thomas Francklin (Speculation)
DMI number:: 37494

42. A maiden fair I dare not wed

First Line:: A maiden fair I dare not wed
Last Line:: Some faults remain among them all
DMI number:: 43993

43. A man of merit would you find

First Line:: A man of merit would you find
Last Line:: Their darts innoxious fly
DMI number:: 31181

44. A man so sedulous sincere and kind

First Line:: A man so sedulous sincere and kind
Last Line:: For his own works shall praise him in the gate
DMI number:: 9615

45. A man with poverty oppressed

First Line:: A man with poverty oppressed
Last Line:: And plunged the wretch in endless woe
DMI number:: 24978

46. A man without one feeling for his kind

First Line:: A man without one feeling for his kind
Last Line:: Appears the very villain that he draws
DMI number:: 31050

47. A matron one day giving wholesome advice

First Line:: A matron one day giving wholesome advice
Last Line:: I've resolved to have one tis no matter for t'other
DMI number:: 11082

48. A mercy unexpected undeserved

First Line:: A mercy unexpected undeserved
Last Line:: Surprises more
Author:: John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20017

49. A mischief on your cogging tongue your smoothing

First Line:: A mischief on your cogging tongue your smoothing
Last Line:: In foes professed than in a flattering knave
Author:: John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14763

50. A miser on a scurvy tit

First Line:: A miser on a scurvy tit
Last Line:: The beam that spreads his own all over
DMI number:: 23399

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