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1.
A doctor lately was a captain made
First Line:
A doctor lately was a captain made
Last Line:
It is a change of title not of trade
DMI number:
27578
2.
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813
3.
A fortune take for better and for worse
First Line:
A fortune take for better and for worse
Last Line:
Tis then that man and wife are on the par
DMI number:
27508
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 knot of packthread strongly spun
First Line:
A knot of packthread strongly spun
Last Line:
His son should wish him still alive
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
231
6.
A To town what cause or rather what ill star
First Line:
A To town what cause or rather what ill star
Last Line:
A You're a good man and the in Lord must trust
DMI number:
27370
7.
A quack who stole his patient's cup did cry
First Line:
A quack who stole his patient's cup did cry
Last Line:
Caught in the fact what would you drink and die
DMI number:
27658
8.
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
First Line:
A landlord at Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
26608
9.
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
First Line:
A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum
Last Line:
I asked him for punch and the dog gave me mere rum
DMI number:
32356
10.
A little languishing thou sentest to me
First Line:
A little languishing thou sentest to me
Last Line:
I scarcely then was sick but now am like to die
DMI number:
17388
11.
Alike great Pompey and sage Tully bled
First Line:
Alike great Pompey and sage Tully bled
Last Line:
His was his master's crime but yours your own
DMI number:
27376
12.
Alike in temper and alike in life
First Line:
Alike in temper and alike in life
Last Line:
I wonder so great likeness can't agree
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
11165
13.
Alike in temper and in life
First Line:
Alike in temper and in life
Last Line:
The devil's in it they don't agree
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27755
14.
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
First Line:
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
Last Line:
It costs them less to hate than to bestow
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15986
15.
All the companions of her grace I'm told
First Line:
All the companions of her grace I'm told
Last Line:
Without such foils is lady duchess fair
DMI number:
27583
16.
All the great men take you away
First Line:
All the great men take you away
Last Line:
You're not a friend but a buffoon
DMI number:
27503
17.
All the worst cider Hereford can make
First Line:
All the worst cider Hereford can make
Last Line:
For fear of drinking cider once your own
DMI number:
27696
18.
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
First Line:
All things are common amongst friends thou sayest
Last Line:
Nothing so common as to use them so
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6325
19.
Although your berlin always moves in state
First Line:
Although your berlin always moves in state
Last Line:
An easy fortune makes you thus uneasy
DMI number:
27687
20.
At length my friend while time with still career
First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060
21.
B-- though with scraps of others wit
First Line:
B-- though with scraps of others wit
Last Line:
For silence can't like books be bought
DMI number:
12731
22.
Before a swan behind a crow
First Line:
Before a swan behind a crow
Last Line:
And spite of all will keep his day
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27752
23.
Blessed in thy spirit in thy husband blessed
First Line:
Blessed in thy spirit in thy husband blessed
Last Line:
Late is the proof of love when after death
Author:
William Hay (Absolute)
DMI number:
27397
24.
Blessed with the morals of a former age
First Line:
Blessed with the morals of a former age
Last Line:
To lash the vices but the persons spare
DMI number:
27694
25.
Both man and wife as bad as bad can be
First Line:
Both man and wife as bad as bad can be
Last Line:
I wonder they no better should agree
DMI number:
27558
26.
Bob's name was booby now tis Bou-ou-bee
First Line:
Bob's name was booby now tis Bou-ou-bee
Last Line:
If I mistake is Bob or I to blame
DMI number:
27657
27.
Believing hear what you deserve to hear
First Line:
Believing hear what you deserve to hear
Last Line:
Me to the world yours gave to me a friend
DMI number:
27644
28.
By these stale arts a dinner you pursue
First Line:
By these stale arts a dinner you pursue
Last Line:
To dine today do so but then no news
DMI number:
27639
29.
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
First Line:
Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power
Last Line:
And stretches life beyond th' appointed date
DMI number:
8346
30.
Bursting with envy is a wretch unknown
First Line:
Bursting with envy is a wretch unknown
Last Line:
May he even fret his guts to fiddle-strings
DMI number:
27659
31.
But ancient poets thou admirest none
First Line:
But ancient poets thou admirest none
Last Line:
Can't on such terms find in my heart to die
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12244
32.
By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed
First Line:
By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed
Last Line:
The rascal fobbed me off with only wine
DMI number:
12362
33.
By all that's good and sacred you do swear
First Line:
By all that's good and sacred you do swear
Last Line:
Pray don't forget a slice of your estate
DMI number:
27641
34.
Bright morning star revisit earth
First Line:
Bright morning star revisit earth
Last Line:
Our joy shall make the day
DMI number:
23280
35.
Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament
First Line:
Chloe her seven dead husbands to lament
Last Line:
Writes on each tomb she raised this monument
DMI number:
27635
36.
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
First Line:
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
Last Line:
And to content thee I'll never stick at price
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6334
37.
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
First Line:
Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
Last Line:
And is plague on him what he would be thought
DMI number:
3197
38.
Co----n pale with envy lies
First Line:
Co----n pale with envy lies
Last Line:
His learning and his wit display
DMI number:
2752
39.
Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses
First Line:
Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses
Last Line:
With few will be ever content
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
25817
40.
Curmudgeon the rich widow courts
First Line:
Curmudgeon the rich widow courts
Last Line:
That she has got a church-yard cough
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27750
41.
Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
First Line:
Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long
Last Line:
But Coscus even thy distichs tedious are
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6328
42.
Diaulus late who void of skill
First Line:
Diaulus late who void of skill
Last Line:
Than cater for the grave
DMI number:
33030
43.
Diaulus sexton from physician is
First Line:
Diaulus sexton from physician is
Last Line:
In this those killed in that capacity
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12589
44.
Dick would you know if I should change my life
First Line:
Dick would you know if I should change my life
Last Line:
Twixt both nor too hard-hearted nor too free
DMI number:
12314
45.
Do you an India Voyage then design
First Line:
Do you an India Voyage then design
Last Line:
Leave for your self a place amongst the rest
DMI number:
27699
46.
Doctor tis false I'll never believe
First Line:
Doctor tis false I'll never believe
Last Line:
Than any prince in Germany
DMI number:
23867
47.
Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five
First Line:
Five wives hath he dispatched she husbands five
Last Line:
And then one funeral may serve them both
DMI number:
27564
48.
Fraternal love in such strong currents runs
First Line:
Fraternal love in such strong currents runs
Last Line:
Live thou dear brother both thy days and mine
DMI number:
27319
49.
For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
First Line:
For God's sake tell me what bold confidence
Last Line:
And by strange luck may make a shift to live
DMI number:
43394
50.
For twice ten years you to the hall resort
First Line:
For twice ten years you to the hall resort
Last Line:
For twenty years who sooner could be cast
DMI number:
27502
51.
Gemellus seeks old Maronil to wed
First Line:
Gemellus seeks old Maronil to wed
Last Line:
What then provokes O she doth cough and wheeze
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15980
52.
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
First Line:
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
Last Line:
He neither does whose neither heard nor read
DMI number:
12985
53.
Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow
First Line:
Gaurus he that doth gifts bestow
Last Line:
He'd have thee dead and cold
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15987
54.
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13151
55.
Great Pompey's ashes in vile Egypt lie
First Line:
Great Pompey's ashes in vile Egypt lie
Last Line:
So vast a ruin could not spread less wide
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
16988
56.
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
First Line:
Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom
Last Line:
Caesar himself can grant what's fit for me
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
13488
57.
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
First Line:
Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not
Last Line:
But take his word for it Hal's not worth a groat
DMI number:
33028
58.
He still is building patches up a door
First Line:
He still is building patches up a door
Last Line:
To lend you money I am building still
DMI number:
27640
59.
He who hath seen the gardens at Versailles
First Line:
He who hath seen the gardens at Versailles
Last Line:
When sterile winter shall be autumn still
DMI number:
27571
60.
Her father dead alone no grief she knows
First Line:
Her father dead alone no grief she knows
Last Line:
But he who mourns in secret mourns indeed
DMI number:
27318
61.
Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff
First Line:
Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff
Last Line:
And long-surviving passion power succeeds
DMI number:
19543
62.
Himself he slew when he the foe would fly
First Line:
Himself he slew when he the foe would fly
Last Line:
What madness this for fear of death to die
DMI number:
27367
63.
His lordship bought his last gay birthday dress
First Line:
His lordship bought his last gay birthday dress
Last Line:
Extremely good for he does never pay
DMI number:
27507
64.
His lordship is arrived at seventy-five
First Line:
His lordship is arrived at seventy-five
Last Line:
Lives twice enjoying thus his former state
DMI number:
27692
65.
His lordship's mornings were in hurry spent
First Line:
His lordship's mornings were in hurry spent
Last Line:
By feigning long his lordship did not feign
DMI number:
27494
66.
How often do you ask me to go down
First Line:
How often do you ask me to go down
Last Line:
All that a servant cannot do I'll do
DMI number:
27372
67.
I am I own and ever have been poor
First Line:
I am I own and ever have been poor
Last Line:
Fortune may make a cobler like to thee
DMI number:
27419
68.
I am no genius you affirm and why
First Line:
I am no genius you affirm and why
Last Line:
Yours like the dirty giants in Guildhall
DMI number:
27643
69.
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
First Line:
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
Last Line:
But I will not believe it till I read it
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15989
70.
I burn says one I of a fever burn
First Line:
I burn says one I of a fever burn
Last Line:
Only thy empty stomach did complain
DMI number:
17293
71.
I haunt your table led by my ill star
First Line:
I haunt your table led by my ill star
Last Line:
A master should himself no master have
DMI number:
27337
72.
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
First Line:
In the piazza where tall poplars grow
Last Line:
Found bears could sting and marble could destroy
DMI number:
12562
73.
In all the epigrams you write we trace
First Line:
In all the epigrams you write we trace
Last Line:
High seasoned like my dishes be my wit
DMI number:
27490
74.
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow
First Line:
In all thy humours whether grave or mellow
Last Line:
There is no living with thee nor without thee
DMI number:
17371
75.
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
First Line:
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
Last Line:
But to trudge four and miss you is the devil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7096
76.
In leathern jack to drink much less I hate
First Line:
In leathern jack to drink much less I hate
Last Line:
Should correspond no better with the wine
DMI number:
27506
77.
In epigram so happy is your strain
First Line:
In epigram so happy is your strain
Last Line:
Few yield the glory of the field in wit
DMI number:
27511
78.
Is there a friend like those distinguished few
First Line:
Is there a friend like those distinguished few
Last Line:
I know indeed but dare not name that friend
DMI number:
27320
79.
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
First Line:
Is there to enroll amongst the friendly few
Last Line:
Now let me die but Harris is this friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27759
80.
Jack and Tom haunt each bawdy house in town
First Line:
Jack and Tom haunt each bawdy house in town
Last Line:
To name for what you do is none of mine
DMI number:
27489
81.
Jack's father's dead and left him without hope
First Line:
Jack's father's dead and left him without hope
Last Line:
To make Jack wish his father were alive
DMI number:
27388
82.
My works the reader and the hearer praise
First Line:
My works the reader and the hearer praise
Last Line:
Am I to please the cook or please the guest
DMI number:
27652
83.
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
First Line:
My neighbour Hunks's house and mine
Last Line:
Must be his neighbour or his lodger
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
16091
84.
My readers and my hearers like my books
First Line:
My readers and my hearers like my books
Last Line:
If that my guest affect my slender cheer
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15988
85.
More ease than masters servants lives afford
First Line:
More ease than masters servants lives afford
Last Line:
Think then though not a lord that you are more
Author:
William Hay (Absolute)
DMI number:
27655
86.
My book a better traveller I send
First Line:
My book a better traveller I send
Last Line:
From a spring-head than from a standing lake
DMI number:
27663
87.
My cause concerns not battery nor treason
First Line:
My cause concerns not battery nor treason
Last Line:
Now pray dear Sir one word about the sheep
DMI number:
27448
88.
My cause concerns not battery or treason
First Line:
My cause concerns not battery or treason
Last Line:
Now pray dear sir one word about the sheep
DMI number:
35069
89.
My dearest Phillis let me sip
First Line:
My dearest Phillis let me sip
Last Line:
He's poor that knows how much he has
DMI number:
6263
90.
My epigrams are long in your conceit
First Line:
My epigrams are long in your conceit
Last Line:
But long the very distichs which you make
DMI number:
27365
91.
I never did the gods importune
First Line:
I never did the gods importune
Last Line:
That Zoilus may hang himself
DMI number:
27398
92.
I offer love but thou respect wilt have
First Line:
I offer love but thou respect wilt have
Last Line:
But know I can be no man's friend and slave
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6314
93.
I often bow your hat you never stir
First Line:
I often bow your hat you never stir
Last Line:
So once for all your humble servant sir
DMI number:
27439
94.
I own in manors you have large command
First Line:
I own in manors you have large command
Last Line:
More once had Verres Cheatall now hath more
DMI number:
27369
95.
I understand to send me you design
First Line:
I understand to send me you design
Last Line:
They may I cannot wait the muses' leisure
DMI number:
27500
96.
If at threescore he lawyer do commence
First Line:
If at threescore he lawyer do commence
Last Line:
Say at what age he'll be a man of sense
DMI number:
27488
97.
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
First Line:
If dearest friend it my good fate might be
Last Line:
Knows a man how to live and does he stay
Author:
Abraham Cowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
9740
98.
If a mewed quail by accident I had
First Line:
If a mewed quail by accident I had
Last Line:
Which if you like you're always welcome friend
DMI number:
27646
99.
If thou be poor thou shalt be ever so
First Line:
If thou be poor thou shalt be ever so
Last Line:
None now doe wealth but on the rich bestow
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
48784
100.
If I by chance a pullet have with egg
First Line:
If I by chance a pullet have with egg
Last Line:
In Covent garden more than Chelsea ground
DMI number:
27493
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