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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 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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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
33.
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
34.
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
35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
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
41.
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
42.
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
43.
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
44.
I never did the gods importune
First Line:
I never did the gods importune
Last Line:
That Zoilus may hang himself
DMI number:
27398
45.
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
46.
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
47.
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
48.
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
49.
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
50.
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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