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81. How wretched is the wit and how forlorn

First Line:
How wretched is the wit and how forlorn
Last Line:
For women choose their men like silks for show
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30267

82. I grant corruption sways mankind

First Line:
I grant corruption sways mankind
Last Line:
Time serving tools not friends are bought
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
37041

83. I hate the man who builds his name

First Line:
I hate the man who builds his name
Last Line:
To wither envy pine and fade
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23405

84. Impertinence at first is born

First Line:
Impertinence at first is born
Last Line:
Are sure to make their follies known
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
33431

85. In beauty faults conspicuous grow

First Line:
In beauty faults conspicuous grow
Last Line:
And buzzing scandal fills the place
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24907

86. In fable all things hold discourse

First Line:
In fable all things hold discourse
Last Line:
And fight ever since for pay like Swisses
Author:
John Gay (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
2004

87. In other men we faults can spy

First Line:
In other men we faults can spy
Last Line:
Nor for a breakfast nations kill
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23330

88. In Paris there's a race of animals

First Line:
In Paris there's a race of animals
Last Line:
All Frenchmen are of petit-maitre kind
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22485

89. In Paris there's a race of animals

First Line:
In Paris there's a race of animals
Last Line:
They by frequenting ladies toilets learn
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
29737

90. In pimps and politicians

First Line:
In pimps and politicians
Last Line:
For they are all his own
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23722