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11.
All other acts of worldlings are but toil
First Line:
All other acts of worldlings are but toil
Last Line:
Till he become both their and his own curse
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13451
12.
Ants live safely till they have gotten wings
First Line:
Ants live safely till they have gotten wings
Last Line:
Without pride
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
16472
13.
All the ambitious for the throne would fight
First Line:
All the ambitious for the throne would fight
Last Line:
And who comes in by arms must reign by blood
DMI number:
41406
14.
And few usurpers to the shades descend
First Line:
And few usurpers to the shades descend
Last Line:
By a dry death or with a quiet end
DMI number:
40300
15.
Already Caesar has ravaged
First Line:
Already Caesar has ravaged
Last Line:
Among your works
DMI number:
14192
16.
And now 'tis time for their officious haste
First Line:
And now 'tis time for their officious haste
Last Line:
Where piety and valour jointly go
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3513
17.
And shall the daughter of Darius hold him
First Line:
And shall the daughter of Darius hold him
Last Line:
And with the rack of all the heavens expire
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20657
18.
Ambition daughter of the skies
First Line:
Ambition daughter of the skies
Last Line:
Tis best to send me with a mitre
DMI number:
26799
19.
Ambition deadly tyrant
First Line:
Ambition deadly tyrant
Last Line:
For gilded domes and greatness
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
28413
20.
Ambition fiend of hellish parts
First Line:
Ambition fiend of hellish parts
Last Line:
And dread that monster called ambition
DMI number:
31929
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