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71.
Hard is the fortune that your sex attends
First Line:
Hard is the fortune that your sex attends
Last Line:
When most you tyrannize you're most abused
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30968
72.
Have you seen the raging stormy main
First Line:
Have you seen the raging stormy main
Last Line:
If you have seen all this then kiss mine -
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5427
73.
Hence satire's power tis her corrective part
First Line:
Hence satire's power tis her corrective part
Last Line:
And slaves and sycophants surround in vain
Author:
John Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
30878
74.
Her wit and beauty for a court was made
First Line:
Her wit and beauty for a court was made
Last Line:
But truth and goodness fit her for a shade
Author:
George Lyttelton (Absolute)
DMI number:
19453
75.
Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire
First Line:
Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire
Last Line:
A theme too lofty for a Pindar's mind
DMI number:
10070
76.
Here lies a proof that wit can never be
First Line:
Here lies a proof that wit can never be
Last Line:
Defence enough against mortality
DMI number:
24178
77.
Here lies lord Chesterfield the wit
First Line:
Here lies lord Chesterfield the wit
Last Line:
But of a great man not a bit
DMI number:
33573
78.
Here lies my wife here let her lie
First Line:
Here lies my wife here let her lie
Last Line:
Now she's at rest and so am I
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
35095
79.
How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit
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How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit
Last Line:
He sold what he spoke and he bought what he writ
DMI number:
12732
80.
How fond are men of rule and place
First Line:
How fond are men of rule and place
Last Line:
In hopes to be supreme in wit
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
30188
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