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141.
The ape and leopard beasts for show
First Line:
The ape and leopard beasts for show
Last Line:
Are only leopards in their talents
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
15367
142.
Sure there's a dearth of wit in this dull town
First Line:
Sure there's a dearth of wit in this dull town
Last Line:
When you should draw the sword you draw the guinea
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35793
143.
Surely that lover's mad that will declare
First Line:
Surely that lover's mad that will declare
Last Line:
Witty and beautiful for money's all in all
DMI number:
8577
144.
That silly thing men call sheer wit avoid
First Line:
That silly thing men call sheer wit avoid
Last Line:
To turn agreeably some proper thought
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
10469
145.
That thing in the world of which we're all proud
First Line:
That thing in the world of which we're all proud
Last Line:
Whoever's the owner the treasure is wit
DMI number:
6217
146.
The greatest politician may be
First Line:
The greatest politician may be
Last Line:
Deceived sometimes wit without brains we see
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17221
147.
The difference spite of common rumour
First Line:
The difference spite of common rumour
Last Line:
Of drollery and imitation
DMI number:
35589
148.
The famed Italian muse whose rhymes advance
First Line:
The famed Italian muse whose rhymes advance
Last Line:
Is forced to turn his satire into praise
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4707
149.
The blooming spring delightful May
First Line:
The blooming spring delightful May
Last Line:
The poet's art her mind
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
11420
150.
The pamphleteers their venom daily spit
First Line:
The pamphleteers their venom daily spit
Last Line:
They live by treason and we starve by wit
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
10482
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