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81.
Behold ye critics of this classic age
First Line:
Behold ye critics of this classic age
Last Line:
I Harlequin humbly beseech you to damn it
Author:
George Colman (Confident)
DMI number:
37516
82.
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
83.
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
84.
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
85.
Beside his native Thames our poet long
First Line:
Beside his native Thames our poet long
Last Line:
And with just censure let her labours fade
Author:
Richard Glover (Absolute)
DMI number:
37861
86.
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
87.
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
88.
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
89.
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
90.
But that it would take from our modesty
First Line:
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
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