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211.
Still term does last and lawers they
First Line:
Still term does last and lawers they
Last Line:
Do most go home by weeping cross
DMI number:
23497
212.
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
First Line:
Sure Cerberus a lawyer first must be
Last Line:
Instead of coin the growling puppy's fee
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
6762
213.
Soon as the welcome voice I chanced to hear
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Soon as the welcome voice I chanced to hear
Last Line:
As good as great as happy as ye are
DMI number:
42856
214.
Strict laws are like steel bodice good for growing limbs
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Strict laws are like steel bodice good for growing limbs
Last Line:
But when the joints are knit they are not helps | But burdens
Author:
Sir Francis Fane (Absolute)
DMI number:
16043
215.
Sometimes a lawyer sometimes a divine
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Sometimes a lawyer sometimes a divine
Last Line:
You'll make a sorry dean or sergeant dead
DMI number:
27351
216.
Take two sixths of what Solomon largely possessed
First Line:
Take two sixths of what Solomon largely possessed
Last Line:
Had he all things else at desire
DMI number:
36733
217.
That if the Gentiles whom no law inspired
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That if the Gentiles whom no law inspired
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And by their conscience be condemned or freed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28224
218.
Tell me no more of equity or laws
First Line:
Tell me no more of equity or laws
Last Line:
Then Hell--er is no knave if St---r be one
DMI number:
7229
219.
Tell me what has made thee so melancholy
First Line:
Tell me what has made thee so melancholy
Last Line:
To heaven with a centiorari
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute) & Cyril Tourneur (Absolute)
DMI number:
16033
220.
The courts are shut departed every judge
First Line:
The courts are shut departed every judge
Last Line:
The hangman summons him to Tyburn road
DMI number:
30559
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