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31.
Bless us how silent is the noisy gown
First Line:
Bless us how silent is the noisy gown
Last Line:
On empty pews thin isles and barren walls
DMI number:
2891
32.
Both parties exhausted as wiser folks tell
First Line:
Both parties exhausted as wiser folks tell
Last Line:
Takes a cobbler for bail and bids them goodbye
DMI number:
23017
33.
Brave man the sacrifice of female spite
First Line:
Brave man the sacrifice of female spite
Last Line:
Ere some foul sin your nauseous corpse consume
Author:
Aphra Behn (Speculation)
DMI number:
5508
34.
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
And Magna Carta is a paper-kite
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
16897
35.
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
First Line:
Blind plaintiff lame defendant share
Last Line:
The middle is the lawyer's fee
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
30617
36.
Blinded with spite how vain a thing is man
First Line:
Blinded with spite how vain a thing is man
Last Line:
And law's to the litigious slave the same
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
9534
37.
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
First Line:
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
Last Line:
With far more fame thanks to your scribbling lies
DMI number:
43110
38.
By ancient laws and customs sacred held
First Line:
By ancient laws and customs sacred held
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And by their own commanders to be tried
DMI number:
27889
39.
Bring me a man with animating strokes
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Bring me a man with animating strokes
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These worst of times and time itself survive
DMI number:
43061
40.
Cast our caps and care away
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Cast our caps and care away
Last Line:
And thus she shewed them the art to beg
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Absolute)
DMI number:
25405
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