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A formidable figure black as night
First Line:
A formidable figure black as night
Last Line:
Exceeding fierce but destitute of sight
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Absolute)
DMI number:
5617
2.
A gold watch found on cinder whore
First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931
3.
A certain free familiar spark
First Line:
A certain free familiar spark
Last Line:
In thee and thy poetic justice
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30539
4.
A grave physician used to write for fees
First Line:
A grave physician used to write for fees
Last Line:
When thou prescribest thy potions and thy pills
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3730
5.
A harlequin p-v-st cognomine prancer
First Line:
A harlequin p-v-st cognomine prancer
Last Line:
For who knows so much as our head of the c-ge
DMI number:
37743
6.
A humorous fellow in a tavern late
First Line:
A humorous fellow in a tavern late
Last Line:
When I began this brawl I had no brains
Author:
Alexander Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
16101
7.
A justice walking over the frozen Thames
First Line:
A justice walking over the frozen Thames
Last Line:
I prithee help me over on thy back
DMI number:
13071
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A monument of dullness to erect
First Line:
A monument of dullness to erect
Last Line:
To pare excrescencies from Bl-----re's wit
Author:
Christopher Codrington (Confident)
DMI number:
3734
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A mastiff's teeth are justly held in vogue
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A mastiff's teeth are justly held in vogue
Last Line:
Too rough to polish and too blunt to bite
DMI number:
15973
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A pert young daw tricked up with various plumes
First Line:
A pert young daw tricked up with various plumes
Last Line:
To us thy impudence alone is new
DMI number:
3022
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