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21.
Behold once more facetious Ben
First Line:
Behold once more facetious Ben
Last Line:
His witnesses are all the gown
DMI number:
26591
22.
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
23.
Both parties exhausted as wiser folks tell
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Both parties exhausted as wiser folks tell
Last Line:
Takes a cobbler for bail and bids them goodbye
DMI number:
23017
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
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By ancient laws and customs sacred held
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By ancient laws and customs sacred held
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And by their own commanders to be tried
DMI number:
27889
30.
Bring me a man with animating strokes
First Line:
Bring me a man with animating strokes
Last Line:
These worst of times and time itself survive
DMI number:
43061
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