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51.
The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat
First Line:
The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat
Last Line:
How hard their lot who neither won nor lost
DMI number:
33386
52.
The buxom young widow has lost the first game
First Line:
The buxom young widow has lost the first game
Last Line:
And she was well pleased at the last
DMI number:
1552
53.
The love of gaming is the worst of ills
First Line:
The love of gaming is the worst of ills
Last Line:
And turns an angel's to a fury's face
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
27073
54.
The pot and the pipe
First Line:
The pot and the pipe
Last Line:
Many a more
DMI number:
43875
55.
The whole day
First Line:
The whole day
Last Line:
To be beholders when their powers are spent
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
14840
56.
This is the hell of all gamesters I think
First Line:
This is the hell of all gamesters I think
Last Line:
Pounds lost there's never but a hundred won
Author:
George Wilkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
14844
57.
Thou whom to counsel is to praise
First Line:
Thou whom to counsel is to praise
Last Line:
To sloth and avarice falls a prey
Author:
Henry Hervey Aston (Absolute)
DMI number:
22493
58.
Thou best of poets and thou best of friends
First Line:
Thou best of poets and thou best of friends
Last Line:
At once bid poetry and friends adieu
Author:
Peter Causton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6552
59.
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
First Line:
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
Last Line:
But that pecuniae obediunt omnia
DMI number:
43297
60.
Three dames when wine at a collation
First Line:
Three dames when wine at a collation
Last Line:
A sager judge won't soon appear
Author:
Samuel Humphreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
12347
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