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91.
Give me a wit whose fancy's not confined
First Line:
Give me a wit whose fancy's not confined
Last Line:
Always in their dear mistress's company
Author:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23813
92.
From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
First Line:
From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
Last Line:
In choicer gifts but wit to use them well
DMI number:
43036
93.
Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit
First Line:
Go sordid blockhead I shall never admit
Last Line:
And shall have pleasure when the sordid wretch has none
DMI number:
39423
94.
Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
First Line:
Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
Last Line:
The luxury of hearing you
DMI number:
33456
95.
Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage
First Line:
Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage
Last Line:
Has wounded thee and fled
DMI number:
36039
96.
Great men we are none
First Line:
Great men we are none
Last Line:
Time keep a fool of your own and then you are made
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
14976
97.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
First Line:
Great wits are sure to madness near allied
Last Line:
And thin partitions do their bounds divide
DMI number:
40340
98.
Great wits do not live many days
First Line:
Great wits do not live many days
Last Line:
But thou o laureate live for ever
DMI number:
24800
99.
Great wits says Pope may gloriously offend
First Line:
Great wits says Pope may gloriously offend
Last Line:
And rise to faults true critics dare not mend
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
36479
100.
Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend
First Line:
Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend
Last Line:
The heart and all its end at once attains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30102
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