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21.
New ministers when first they get in place
First Line:
New ministers when first they get in place
Last Line:
But first vote money then redress at leisure
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3720
22.
Now with a general peace the world was blessed
First Line:
Now with a general peace the world was blessed
Last Line:
The world a monarch and that monarch you
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3814
23.
Of all our antic sights and pageantry
First Line:
Of all our antic sights and pageantry
Last Line:
Reclined us on a rightful monarch's breast
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3823
24.
Of these the false Achitophel was first
First Line:
Of these the false Achitophel was first
Last Line:
And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
28639
25.
Our vows are heard betimes and heaven takes care
First Line:
Our vows are heard betimes and heaven takes care
Last Line:
Your self our balance hold the world's our isle
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4317
26.
Our hero's happy in the play's conclusion
First Line:
Our hero's happy in the play's conclusion
Last Line:
Who'd not be circumcised for such a heaven
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3721
27.
Since men like beasts each others prey were made
First Line:
Since men like beasts each others prey were made
Last Line:
Crowds mourned their error and obeyed their lord
Author:
Nahum Tate (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3955
28.
Since faction ebbs and rogues grow out of fashion
First Line:
Since faction ebbs and rogues grow out of fashion
Last Line:
Whig poets and whig sheriffs may hang together
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3719
29.
Statesmen are | The workmanship of inconsiderate favour
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Statesmen are | The workmanship of inconsiderate favour
Last Line:
Fear from their influence plagues wars and famine
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20928
30.
The bold are but the instruments of the wise
First Line:
The bold are but the instruments of the wise
Last Line:
We take the profit and pay them with praise
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20933
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