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21. Advice to P----rs the adviser's zeal may prove

First Line:
Advice to P----rs the adviser's zeal may prove
Last Line:
Religion is a trick you never have known
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3588

22. Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog

First Line:
Alas poor Aeschylus unlucky dog
Last Line:
Whom once a lobster killed and now a log
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2762

23. Aesop overcome with wind and spleen

First Line:
Aesop overcome with wind and spleen
Last Line:
For he that takes it off deserves the cap
DMI number:
4413

24. Affected noise is the most wretched thing

First Line:
Affected noise is the most wretched thing
Last Line:
That to contempt does empty babblers bring
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
9583

25. A writer held in great renown

First Line:
A writer held in great renown
Last Line:
Produces birch as well as bays
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
18160

26. All human race would fain be wits

First Line:
All human race would fain be wits
Last Line:
Since Woolston gave us arms to rout him
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
11319

27. All human things are subject to decay

First Line:
All human things are subject to decay
Last Line:
With double portion of his father's art
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3685

28. All monkies as the fable says

First Line:
All monkies as the fable says
Last Line:
To take from him the use of speech
DMI number:
37783

29. Annius crafty seer with ebon wand

First Line:
Annius crafty seer with ebon wand
Last Line:
Blessed in one Niger till he knows of two
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
28190

30. An honest man may take a knave's advice

First Line:
An honest man may take a knave's advice
Last Line:
But idiots only will be cheated twice
DMI number:
39355