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51.
Britons tonight in native pomp we come
First Line:
Britons tonight in native pomp we come
Last Line:
Or kinder censure teach him to forbear
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37862
52.
Britons when over the merry mug we meet
First Line:
Britons when over the merry mug we meet
Last Line:
And in the best of times forget the worst
DMI number:
11922
53.
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
54.
Cloyed with successes and released from care
First Line:
Cloyed with successes and released from care
Last Line:
The greatest hero and the brightest eyes
Author:
William Walsh (Confident)
DMI number:
5934
55.
Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne
First Line:
Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne
Last Line:
And pistol proof put down these mighty men
Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Absolute)
DMI number:
37948
56.
Could those who never tried conceive the sweat
First Line:
Could those who never tried conceive the sweat
Last Line:
Applaud the scenes and strip him of the praise
Author:
Colley Cibber (Absolute)
DMI number:
17524
57.
Critics hark forward noble game and new
First Line:
Critics hark forward noble game and new
Last Line:
And drive even Arthur's magic from the stage
Author:
Richard Cumberland (Absolute)
DMI number:
35691
58.
Critics your favour is our author's right
First Line:
Critics your favour is our author's right
Last Line:
Become old Britons and admire old Ben
Author:
William Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
37867
59.
Dear ladies may I perish but I'm proud
First Line:
Dear ladies may I perish but I'm proud
Last Line:
That playhouse deals not over much in clothes
DMI number:
27120
60.
Discord and plots which have undone our age
First Line:
Discord and plots which have undone our age
Last Line:
Oxford's a place where wit can never starve
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4022
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