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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 bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed
First Line:
A bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed
Last Line:
Are always fobbed off with sheer wit and sheer wine
Author:
Patrick Delany (Confident)
DMI number:
11477
3.
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
4.
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
First Line:
A handsome treat a piece of gold or so
Last Line:
And yields the tenderest point of honor wit
DMI number:
28990
5.
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
First Line:
A heat that glows in every line that's writ
Last Line:
Describing all men yet described by none &c
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10775
6.
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
First Line:
A knife dear girl cuts love they say
Last Line:
Save only cut and come again
DMI number:
36063
7.
A story strange I will you tell
First Line:
A story strange I will you tell
Last Line:
Which pleased her husband wondrous well
DMI number:
43005
8.
A thousand different shapes it bears
First Line:
A thousand different shapes it bears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6021
9.
A thousand different shapes it wears
First Line:
A thousand different shapes it wears
Last Line:
In that strange mirror of the deity
DMI number:
40338
10.
A monkey every day was chid
First Line:
A monkey every day was chid
Last Line:
Extinguishing through fear the blaze
DMI number:
33286
11.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Dulness is ever apt to magnify
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30645
12.
A scullion wench had wit at will
First Line:
A scullion wench had wit at will
Last Line:
Except tis in the skull
DMI number:
33962
13.
A-- they say has wit for what
First Line:
A-- they say has wit for what
Last Line:
For writing no for writing not
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
12745
14.
Accept a miracle instead of wit
First Line:
Accept a miracle instead of wit
Last Line:
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
13498
15.
Accept my lord the tribute which I bring
First Line:
Accept my lord the tribute which I bring
Last Line:
And find not Timon but a Ch-nd-s there
DMI number:
19702
16.
Admire not dear knight
First Line:
Admire not dear knight
Last Line:
De mortuis nil nisi bonum
Author:
Mr Whiteford (Absolute)
DMI number:
36041
17.
Advice that opposes a passion like thine
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Advice that opposes a passion like thine
Last Line:
And leave her to bow down to the calf
DMI number:
35949
18.
Ah what avails how once appeared the fair
First Line:
Ah what avails how once appeared the fair
Last Line:
And thank their Gods that they were never whores
DMI number:
36064
19.
Again my garret poverty is shown
First Line:
Again my garret poverty is shown
Last Line:
For like St Stephen I am stoned to death
Author:
Samuel Butler (Speculation)
DMI number:
35081
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A wight whose name was Tyndar
First Line:
A wight whose name was Tyndar
Last Line:
Have neither nose nor eye
DMI number:
43772
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