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111.
Good plays and perfect sense as scarce are grow
First Line:
Good plays and perfect sense as scarce are grow
Last Line:
I can no more be serious than you godly
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35821
112.
Heaven save ye gallants and this hopeful age
First Line:
Heaven save ye gallants and this hopeful age
Last Line:
Who needs will father what the parish got
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35805
113.
He who writ this not without pains and thought
First Line:
He who writ this not without pains and thought
Last Line:
Are bankrupt gamesters for they damn on tick
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
35754
114.
He whose attempt is shown this night to please
First Line:
He whose attempt is shown this night to please
Last Line:
And the least word he speaks is blood and wounds
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
35824
115.
He's bound to please not to write well and knows
First Line:
He's bound to please not to write well and knows
Last Line:
There is a mode in plays as well as clothes
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
10951
116.
Happy the soaring bard who boldly woos
First Line:
Happy the soaring bard who boldly woos
Last Line:
Taste Epicoene for his Kitely's sake
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
39027
117.
Harmless to others thus I mount my throne
First Line:
Harmless to others thus I mount my throne
Last Line:
The hands that raised me up will fix me here
DMI number:
6232
118.
He that hath feasted you these forty years
First Line:
He that hath feasted you these forty years
Last Line:
Artificers and trust such as are none
DMI number:
38755
119.
Here comes Tom Thumb a fairy when you view her
First Line:
Here comes Tom Thumb a fairy when you view her
Last Line:
And rests on honour his immortal claim
DMI number:
35400
120.
How bold a venture does our author make
First Line:
How bold a venture does our author make
Last Line:
To make you sure his own he'll think and write like you
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
6183
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