See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN GAY (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

GAY (1685-1732)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, was baptized on the 16th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1685 at See also:

• BARNSTAPLE

Barnstaple, where his See also:

• FAMILY

family had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been settled . He was educated at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school of the See also:

• TOWN

town under See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• LUCK

Luck, who had published some Latin and English poems . On leaving school he was apprenticed to a See also:

• SILK

silk. See also:

• MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

mercer in See also:

• LONDON

London, but being weary, according to Dr See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, " of either the See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint or the servility of his occupation," he soon returned to Barnstaple, where he spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, the Rev . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Hanmer, the See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of thetown . He then returned to London, and though no details are available for his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography until the publication of See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

Wine in 1708, the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account he gives in Rural . See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

Sports (1713), of years wasted in attending on courtiers who were profuse in promises never kept, may account for his occupations . Among his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends were See also:

• AARON

Aaron See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill and Eustace See also:

• BUDGELL, EUSTACE (1686-1737)

Budgell . In The See also:

• PRESENT

Present See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of Wit (1711) See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay attempted to give an account of " all our periodical papers, whether monthly, weekly or diurnal." He especially praised the Taller and the Spectator, and See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift, who knew nothing of the authorship of the pamphlet, suspected it to be inspired by See also:

• STEELE
• STEELE, ANNE (1717-1778)
• STEELE, SIR RICHARD (1672-1729)
• STEELE, THOMAS (1788-1848)
• STEELE, WILLIAM (d. 1680)

Steele and See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison . To Liiitot's See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany (1712) Gay contributed " An See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard See also:

• LINTOT, BARNABY BERNARD (1675-1736)

Lintot," containing some lines in praise of See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope, and a version of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of See also:

• ARACHNE

Arachne from the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• BOOK

book of the Metamorphoses of See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was received into the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of the duchess of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth as secretary, a connexion which was, however, broken before See also:

• JUNE

June 1714 . The See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication of his Rural Sports (1713) to Pope was the beginning of a lasting friendship . Gay could have no pretensions to rivalry with Pope, who seems never to have tired of helping his friend .

In 1713 he produced a See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, The Wife of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, which was acted only three nights, and The See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

Fan, one of his least successful poems; and in 1714 The Shepherd's See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

Week, a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of six pastorals See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from English rustic See also:

• LIFE

life . Pope had urged him to undertake this last task in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to ridicule the Arcadian pastorals of See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose See also:

• PHILIPS, AMBROSE (c. 1675-1749)
• PHILIPS, JOHN (1676-1708)
• PHILIPS, KATHARINE (1631-1664)

Philips, who had been praised by the See also:

• GUARDIAN

Guardian, to the neglect of Pope's claims as the first See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral writer of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and the true English See also:

• THEOCRITUS

Theocritus . Gay's pastorals completely achieved this See also:

• OBJECT

object, but his ludicrous pictures of the English swains and their loves were found to be abundantly entertaining on their own account . Gay had just been appointed secretary to the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan Swift, when the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne three months later put an end to all his hopes of See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official employment . In 1715, probably with some help from Pope, he produced What d'ye See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call it? a dramatic skit on contemporary tragedy, with See also:

• SPECIAL

special reference to See also:

• OTWAY, THOMAS (1652-1685)

Otway's See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice Preserved . It See also:

• LEFT

left the public so ignorant of its real meaning that See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• THEOBALD, (d. 1161)
• THEOBALD, LEWIS (1688-1744)

Theobald and See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• GRIFFIN
• GRIFFIN [O'GRIoBTA, O'GREEVA], GERALD (1803-1840)
• GRIFFIN, GRIFFON

Griffin (1680-1740) published a See also:

• COMPLETE

Complete See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

Key to what d'ye call it by way of explanation . In 1716 appeared his Trivia, or the See also:

• ART

Art of Walking the Streets of London, a poem in three books, for which he acknowledged having received several hints from Swift . It contains graphic and humorous descriptions of the London of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1717 he produced the comedy of Three See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours after See also:

• MARRIAGE

Marriage, which was grossly indecent without being amusing, and was a complete failure . There is no doubt that in this piece he had assistance from Pope and See also:

• ARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER (1538-1583)
• ARBUTHNOT, JOHN (1667-1735)

Arbuthnot, but they were glad enough to have it assumed that Gay was the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole author . Gay had numerous patrons, and in 1720 he published Poems on Several Occasions by subscription, realizing £r000 or more . In that year See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• CRAGGS, JAMES (1657–1721)

Craggs, the secretary of state, presented him with some See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea stock .

Gay, disregarding the prudent See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of Pope and other of his friends, invested his all in South Sea stock, and, holding on to the end, he lost everything . The See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock is said to have made him dangerously See also:

• ILL

ill . As a See also:

• MATTER

matter of fact Gay had always been a spoilt See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, who expected everything to be done for him . His friends did not fail him at this juncture . He had patrons in See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pulteney, afterwards See also:

• EARL

earl of Bath, in the third earl of See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington, who constantly entertained him at See also:

• CHISWICK

Chiswick or at Burlington See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, and in the third earl of See also:

• QUEENSBERRY, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Queensberry . He was a frequent visitor with Pope, and received unvarying kindness from See also:

• CONGREVE, RICHARD (1818-1899)
• CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM
• CONGREVE, WILLIAM (167o-1729)

Congreve and Arbuthnot . In 1724 he produced a tragedy called The Captives . In 1727 he wrote for See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince William, afterwards See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, his famous Fifty-one Fables in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

Verse, for which he naturally hoped to gain some preferment, although he has much to say in them of the servility of courtiers and the vanity of court honours . He was offered the situation of See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman-See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

usher to the Princess Louisa, who was still a child . He refused this offer, which all his friends seem to have regarded, for no very obvious See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, as an indignity . As the Fables were written for the amusement of one royal child, there would appear to have been a measure of reason in giving him a See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure in the service of another . His friends thought him unjustly neglected by the court, but he had already received (1722) a sinecure as lottery See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner with a See also:

• SALARY

salary of £150 a year, and from 1722 to 1729 he had lodgings in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace at See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall .

He had never rendered any special services to the court . He certainly did nothing to conciliate the favour of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government by his next See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production, the Beggars' See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera, a lyrical See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama produced on the 29th of January 1728 by See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich, in which See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole was caricatured . This famous piece, which was said to have made " Rich gay and Gay rich," was an innovation in many respects, and for a time it drove See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian opera off the English See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . Under See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover of the thieves and highwaymen who figured in it was disguised a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on society, for Gay made it See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain that in describing the moral See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of his characters he had in mind the corruptions of the governing class . See also:

• PART

Part of the success of the Beggars' Opera may have been due to the acting of Lavinia See also:

• FENTON
• FENTON, EDWARD (d. 1603)
• FENTON, ELIJAH (1683-1730)
• FENTON, LAVINIA (1708-1760)
• FENTON, SIR GEOFFREY (c. 1539-1608)

Fenton, afterwards duchess of See also:

• BOLTON (BOLTON-LE-MOORS)
• BOLTON (or BOULTON), EDMUND (1S75?-1633?)
• BOLTON, DUKES OF

Bolton, in the part of Polly Peachum . The See also:

• PLAY

play ran for sixty-two nights, though the representations, four of which were " benefits " of the author, were not, as has sometimes been stated, consecutive . Swift is said to have suggested the subject, and Pope and Arbuthnot were constantly consulted while the See also:

• WORK

work was in progress, but Gay must be regarded as the sole author . Ile wrote a sequel, Polly, the See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of which was forbidden by the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

chamberlain, no doubt through the influence of Walpole . This See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of " oppression " caused no loss to Gay . It proved an excellent See also:

• ADVERTISEMENT, or ADVERTISING (Fr. avertissement, warning, or notice)

advertisement for Polly, which was published by subscription in 1729, and brought its author more than £r000 . The duchess of Queensberry was dismissed from court for enlisting subscribers in the palace . The duke of Queensberry gave him a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, and the duchess continued her affectionate patronage until Gay's death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 4th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1732 .

He was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . The See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph on his See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb is by Pope, and is followed by Gay's own mocking See also:

• COUPLET

couplet: " Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it." See also:

• ACIS

Acis and Galatea, an English pastoral opera, the See also:

• MUSIC

music of which was written by See also:

• HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685–1759)

Handel, was produced at the Haymarket in 1732 . The profits of his See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous opera of See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles (1733), and a new See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Fables (1738) went to his two sisters, who inherited from him a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of £6000 . He left two other pieces, The Distressed Wife (1743), a comedy, and The See also:

• REHEARSAL (from " rehearse," to say over again, repeat, recount, O.Fr. rehercer, from re, again, and hercer, to harrow, cf. " hearse," the original meaning being to rake or go over the same ground again as with a harrow)

Rehearsal at Goatham (1754), a See also:

• FARCE

farce . The Fables, slight as they may appear, cost him more labour than any of his other See also:

• WORKS

works . The narratives are in nearly every See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, and are told in clear and lively verse . The moral which rounds off each little story is never strained._ They are masterpieces in their See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, and the very numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of them prove their popularity . They have been translated into Latin, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and Italian, See also:

• URDU

Urdu and See also:

• BENGALI

Bengali . See his Poetical Works (1893) in the See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses' Library, with an introduction by Mr John Underhill; also See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets, John Gay s Singspiele (1898), edited by G . See also:

• SARRAZIN, JACQUES (1588—166o)

Sarrazin (Englische Textbibliothek II.) ; and an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by See also:

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN, ALFRED
• AUSTIN, JOHN (179o-1859)
• AUSTIN, SARAH (1793-1867)
• AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836)

Austin See also:

• DOBSON, HENRY AUSTIN (184o- )
• DOBSON, WILLIAM (16ro-1646)

Dobson in vol . 21 of the See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of See also:

• NATIONAL

National Biography; Gay's See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

Chair (182o), edited by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee, a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-townsman, contained a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, the Rev . See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• HALLER, ALBRECHT VON (1708–1777)
• HALLER, BERTHOLD (1492–1536)

Haller .