Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives
- DMI number:
- 16340
- First Line:
- Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives
- Last Line:
- And a whore and a rogue may part when they please
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Satire, and Quatrain aabb
- Themes:
- Politics, Sex / relations between the sexes, and The law
- Author:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Brown (1715) IV: 113.
- First Line:
- Our fathers of old took oaths as their wives
- Last Line:
- And a whore and a rogue may part when they please
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
- Page No(s):
- CLXXXVI.
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- CLXXXVI.
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
- Page No(s):
- p.115
- Poem Title:
- CCCXCVII. On taking the Oaths.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Epigrams fresh gather'd from the conversation of the polite [N18487] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- On Oaths.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The book of fun or the quintessence of wit and mirth [T191471] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- On taking Oaths.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- pp.58-59
- Poem Title:
- XCVIII. The polite Casuits.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- The polite Casuists.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- The polite Casuists.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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