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161.
When knaves come to preferment they rise as
First Line:
When knaves come to preferment they rise as
Last Line:
Gallows are raised in the Low Countries one | Upon another's shoulders
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17304
162.
When you command the muse obeys
First Line:
When you command the muse obeys
Last Line:
Since he that made enlarged her heart
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11346
163.
While you affairs so many and so great
First Line:
While you affairs so many and so great
Last Line:
As commonly is wrapped in worthless leaves
Author:
William Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25783
164.
Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
First Line:
Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive
Last Line:
He asked for bread and he received a stone
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
24090
165.
Whilst crowding folks with strange ill faces
First Line:
Whilst crowding folks with strange ill faces
Last Line:
That one mouse eats and the other's starved
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
3893
166.
Who can the hardest task refuse
First Line:
Who can the hardest task refuse
Last Line:
It must be from the deaf and blind
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11349
167.
Who would rely upon these miserable
First Line:
Who would rely upon these miserable
Last Line:
Than he that hoped for a pardon
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
14460
168.
Whoever is raised
First Line:
Whoever is raised
Last Line:
For worth he has not he is taxed not praised
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
17299
169.
Why am I killed with your complaint
First Line:
Why am I killed with your complaint
Last Line:
For me an humble lamb shall yield her blood
DMI number:
25542
170.
Why Celia is your spreading waist
First Line:
Why Celia is your spreading waist
Last Line:
The arts that taught them first to rise
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
23346
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