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211.
This night let busy man no pleasure spare
First Line:
This night let busy man no pleasure spare
Last Line:
To make wit honest is no easy task
DMI number:
38331
212.
Though every one knows
First Line:
Though every one knows
Last Line:
Her choice is to live in the pain
DMI number:
35156
213.
Though I but seventeen do declare
First Line:
Though I but seventeen do declare
Last Line:
A parson wears a band
Author:
William le Tans'ur (Absolute)
DMI number:
36921
214.
Though my heart were full of passion
First Line:
Though my heart were full of passion
Last Line:
What must wit and beauty too
DMI number:
43606
215.
Thus to the place where Jonson sat we climb
First Line:
Thus to the place where Jonson sat we climb
Last Line:
And I grow more a wit and more and more
DMI number:
40477
216.
Thy wit O'Hara may command the bard
First Line:
Thy wit O'Hara may command the bard
Last Line:
Though Phoebus quaffs a bumper to your sense
DMI number:
34014
217.
To an ignorant crowd thus a Methodist raved
First Line:
To an ignorant crowd thus a Methodist raved
Last Line:
Tis the size of the crimes makes the mercy complete
DMI number:
36074
218.
Tis not in this as in the former age
First Line:
Tis not in this as in the former age
Last Line:
You're welcome every day to damn their plays
Author:
Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
3466
219.
Tis plain that wit at Will's is very scarce
First Line:
Tis plain that wit at Will's is very scarce
Last Line:
Caress the man he'd kick as thou hast done
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3580
220.
To madness Swift bequeaths his whole estate
First Line:
To madness Swift bequeaths his whole estate
Last Line:
Great wits to madness are most near allied
DMI number:
15820
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