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461.
How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast
First Line:
How did you fare at wealthy Rufus' feast
Last Line:
Had tainted every dish and poisoned every bowl
DMI number:
25730
462.
How do I laugh when men of narrow souls
First Line:
How do I laugh when men of narrow souls
Last Line:
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
26984
463.
How doubly sweet is Baville's air
First Line:
How doubly sweet is Baville's air
Last Line:
Nay what is worse a Jansenist
DMI number:
8980
464.
How dull and how insensible a beast
First Line:
How dull and how insensible a beast
Last Line:
Learn to write well or not to write at all
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
3663
465.
How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries
First Line:
How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries
Last Line:
And then we're seldom plagued with folks like you
DMI number:
33371
466.
How durst thy railing muse vain wretch pretend
First Line:
How durst thy railing muse vain wretch pretend
Last Line:
She brought thee forth thought of the murderer Cain
Author:
Col. Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
3764
467.
How easy tis to sail with wind and tide
First Line:
How easy tis to sail with wind and tide
Last Line:
But then the nation will be truly blessed
Author:
Samuel Pordage (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident) & Edmund Hickeringill (Speculation)
DMI number:
5985
468.
How Egypt mad with superstition grown
First Line:
How Egypt mad with superstition grown
Last Line:
Nor held all sorts of pulse for lawful meat
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute)
DMI number:
7249
469.
How anxious are our cares and yet how vain
First Line:
How anxious are our cares and yet how vain
Last Line:
On dice and drink and drabs they spend their afternoon
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7253
470.
How I succeed you kindly ask
First Line:
How I succeed you kindly ask
Last Line:
The praise of wit let others claim
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11654
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