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21.
Honest Jack I do send these lines by a friend
First Line:
Honest Jack I do send these lines by a friend
Last Line:
Honest Jack shall be put in his place
DMI number:
7663
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Here they are ladies should these charming packs
First Line:
Here they are ladies should these charming packs
Last Line:
Frightful and ugly as the queen of spades
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
31733
23.
Hermes the gamester of the sky
First Line:
Hermes the gamester of the sky
Last Line:
And bid her fill it full of verses
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
22458
24.
Hush pretty boy thy hopes might have been better
First Line:
Hush pretty boy thy hopes might have been better
Last Line:
Hard when the father plays away the son
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation) & Thomas Middleton (Speculation)
DMI number:
14839
25.
I fear the ladies think my last night's dealing
First Line:
I fear the ladies think my last night's dealing
Last Line:
And play the fool at large on life's great stage
DMI number:
36010
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In heaven one holiday you read
First Line:
In heaven one holiday you read
Last Line:
And rise a swan or fall a shower
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12299
27.
In doubt I lived
First Line:
In doubt I lived
Last Line:
What faith I lived or died in
DMI number:
11988
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It was a most unfriendly part
First Line:
It was a most unfriendly part
Last Line:
Steals to her sleeping spouse to bed
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
13457
29.
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
30.
John run so long and run so fast
First Line:
John run so long and run so fast
Last Line:
He distanced all and ran away
DMI number:
34019
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