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261.
The people like a headlong torrent go
First Line:
The people like a headlong torrent go
Last Line:
There's a deaf madness in a people's fear
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20373
262.
The people rend the skies with loud applause
First Line:
The people rend the skies with loud applause
Last Line:
And with the eager joy make triumph slow
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20380
263.
The people who by force subdued remain
First Line:
The people who by force subdued remain
Last Line:
A thousand tyrants in one tyrant's breast
DMI number:
41390
264.
The king must rule and we must learn t'obey
First Line:
The king must rule and we must learn t'obey
Last Line:
True virtue still directs the noble way
Author:
William Shakespeare (Speculation) & William Rowley (Absolute)
DMI number:
16865
265.
The prince of all the fethert kynd
First Line:
The prince of all the fethert kynd
Last Line:
That ocht suld be to merit grantit
Author:
Allan Ramsay (Absolute)
DMI number:
10955
266.
The public is the lees of vulgar slaves
First Line:
The public is the lees of vulgar slaves
Last Line:
From all their beings could not raise a man
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20376
267.
The Quaker and his brats
First Line:
The Quaker and his brats
Last Line:
A new head to their old mans shoulders | Now since mayor and justice &c
DMI number:
42474
268.
The multitude which cannot one thing long
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The multitude which cannot one thing long
Last Line:
Even weariness at length will give 'em eyes
DMI number:
16754
269.
The scum
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The scum
Last Line:
That rises upmost when the nation boils
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20364
270.
The secret flame that made of Troy so hot
First Line:
The secret flame that made of Troy so hot
Last Line:
As Israel free from wicked Pharaoh's hand
DMI number:
9039
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