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1321.
Ye sons of Parnassus that filch for your bread
First Line:
Ye sons of Parnassus that filch for your bread
Last Line:
Of the stage's reformer Cla--n--aux
DMI number:
5255
1322.
Ye glittering train whom lace and velvet bless
First Line:
Ye glittering train whom lace and velvet bless
Last Line:
Ye fops be silent and ye wits be just
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
31684
1323.
You came with such an eager appetite
First Line:
You came with such an eager appetite
Last Line:
He'll twice a year produce as new as these
Author:
Thomas Shadwell (Absolute)
DMI number:
38804
1324.
You choose so well you say your future wife
First Line:
You choose so well you say your future wife
Last Line:
Inflame her breast and kindle new desire
DMI number:
39959
1325.
You dread reformers of an impious age
First Line:
You dread reformers of an impious age
Last Line:
And steal their immorality away
Author:
Sir John Vanbrugh (Absolute)
DMI number:
35920
1326.
You look surprised in this deriding age
First Line:
You look surprised in this deriding age
Last Line:
Had I like her but known a Carteret
Author:
Constantia Grierson (Absolute)
DMI number:
11634
1327.
Would every Briton an Horatius prove
First Line:
Would every Briton an Horatius prove
Last Line:
And every fair be crowned with happiness
Author:
John Morrice (Speculation)
DMI number:
14116
1328.
Would some man would instruct me what to say
First Line:
Would some man would instruct me what to say
Last Line:
If it miscarry pray look not for me
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
38730
1329.
You must take care and use quite different words
First Line:
You must take care and use quite different words
Last Line:
A Greek or Asian bred at court or town
Author:
Thomas Creech (Absolute)
DMI number:
31554
1330.
You saw our wife was chaste yet thoroughly tried
First Line:
You saw our wife was chaste yet thoroughly tried
Last Line:
For every critic saved thou damnst a play
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation) & Thomas Southerne (Confident)
DMI number:
3723
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