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61.
Bold is the man and compos mentis scarce
First Line:
Bold is the man and compos mentis scarce
Last Line:
If you would save old Nick you'll never damn poor me
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33933
62.
Bold is the man who in this nicer age
First Line:
Bold is the man who in this nicer age
Last Line:
If cold they wither all the muse's bays
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31716
63.
Bold was the man and fenced in every part
First Line:
Bold was the man and fenced in every part
Last Line:
And on fair decency graft all his bays
DMI number:
31750
64.
By this repeated act of grace we see
First Line:
By this repeated act of grace we see
Last Line:
The new creation of a gracious queen
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
6613
65.
By virtuous principles to fire the heart
First Line:
By virtuous principles to fire the heart
Last Line:
And knowledge grow the commerce of the isle
DMI number:
12880
66.
By your leave critics to a female play
First Line:
By your leave critics to a female play
Last Line:
And Henry owned his wife was in the right
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
39023
67.
By opposition lately sore affrighted
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By opposition lately sore affrighted
Last Line:
May from their king's indulgence hope for your's
DMI number:
31730
68.
But that it would take from our modesty
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But that it would take from our modesty
Last Line:
And shall to after times preserve his name
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38728
69.
But that the tyrant custom bears such sway
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But that the tyrant custom bears such sway
Last Line:
Some easy wit but much more cruelty
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
38776
70.
Censure detraction and the critic's rage
First Line:
Censure detraction and the critic's rage
Last Line:
And where the first are weightiest crown the lay
Author:
Thomas Cooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
39007
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