Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732), Author of "The Beggar's Opera"

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A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN GAY.

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PROGRAMME OF THE REVIVAL OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH, JUNE 7TH, 1920.

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INDEX

• "Absence," 5;
  • quoted, 6
• "Achilles," 134, 135, 141, 142
• "Acis and Galatea," 134
• Addison, Joseph, 11, 12, 13-14, 16, 23, 37, 44
• Alais, J.D'., 28
• Anne, Queen, 24, 33
• "Araminta," 20
• Arbuthnot, Dr., 22, 23, 24, 29, 34, 41, 42, 44, 51, 58, 66, 94, 95,105, 109, 146;
  • letters quoted:
    • to Parnell, 39;
    • to Pope, 138;
    • to Swift, 30, 34, 102, 109, 111, 145
• Argyll, Duke of, 80
• Aston (actor), 142
• Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester, 12, 23
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• Baller, Anthony (brother-in-law of the poet), 2
  • Mrs. Anthony, i.e., Gay, Katherine (q. v.)
  • Rev. Joseph (nephew of the poet), 2, 140;
  • his "Gay's Chair," quoted, 4
• Barber, Mrs., 127
• Bathurst, Lord, 50, 54, 58, 72, 92, 145;
  • letter to Swift, quoted, 145,
  • "Beggar's Opera, The," 41, 75, 78-91;
  • "Notes on the Sources of the Tunes of 'The Beggar's Opera,'" by W.H. Grattan Flood, Mus. D., 150;
  • programme of the revival at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, June, 1920, 162.
• Bellenden, Madge, 47
  • Mary, 46, 47, 49
• Berkeley, Hon. George, 140
• Bicknell, Mrs., 37, 42
• Binks, Mrs., 142
• Bloodworth, Mr., 131
• Blount, Martha, 47, 72, 94, 130, 131
  • Teresa, 47
• Bolingbroke, Viscount, 12, 24, 25, 35, 68, 90, 92
  • Viscountess, 92
• Bolton, Duchess of, see Fenton, Lavinia
• Bradshaw, Mrs., 55
• Bridgeman, 131
• British Apollo, 9
• Bromley, Mr. Secretary, 29
• Buchanan (actor), 142
• Buckingham, Lord, 15
• Budgell, Eustace, 18
• Bullock, H., 80
• Burlington, Earl of, 39, 50, 54, 57
• Burnett, Thomas, 38
• Burton, Lord, 28
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• Cantrel, Mrs., 142
• "Captives, The," 65
• Caroline, Queen, 30, 34, 36, 67, 70, 103, 136
• Caryll, John, 22
• Castlemaine, Viscount, 112
• Chandos, Lord, 50
• Chapman (actor), 142
• Chesterfield, Earl of, 140
• Cibber, Colley, 45, 79, 102;
  • his "Apology," quoted, 90
• Clarendon, Earl of, 28, 29, 30, 33
• Clark (actor), 80
• Cobham, Lord, 87
• Colman, George, 84, 101
• "Comparisons," 5
• "Complete Key to 'Three Hours After Marriage'," 44
• "Congratulation to a Newly-married Couple," 5
• Congreve, William, 15, 23, 58, 68, 79, 92, 94
• "Contemplation on Night," 20
• Cornbury, Lord, 140
• "Court Poems," 40
• Courthope, Professor, his "Life of Pope," quoted, 44, 45
• Craggs, James, the younger, 52
• Cromwell, Henry, 14, 16, 17, 36
• Cumberland, Prince William Augustus, Duke of, 67, 70
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• Delany, Dr., 93

• "Devonshire Hill, A," 5
• "Distrest Wife, The," 134, 142, 143
• Dobson, Austin, his article on Gay in "Dictionary of National Biography," quoted, 7, 28, 42
• Dormer, General James, 112, 140
• Douglas, Lord Charles, 111, 122
• Drelincourt, Mrs., 127[pg 164]
  • "Dress," 20
• Drumlanrig, Earl of, 111, 122
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• Egleton, Mrs., 80, 142
  
• "Epigrammatical Petition," 9;
  • quoted, 29
• "Epistle to the Right Honourable Paul Methuen, Esquire," quoted,146
• "Epistle to the Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington," quoted, 39
• "Epistle to the Right Honourable William Pulteney, Esquire," 46
• Essex, Earl of, 66
• Examiner, The, 11, 12
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• "FABLE," 5
• "Fables" (first series), 69-70
• "Fables" (second, series), 135, 144
• "Fan, The," 20, 21
• Fenton,—, 52, 119
• Fenton, Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton, 80, 91
• Fielding, Sir John, 84
• Fitzwilliam, Countess of, 67
• Fitzwilliam, Earl of, 67
• Flood, W.H. Grattan, Mus. D. See Grattan Flood, W.H.
• Flying Post, The, 12
• Ford, Charles, 22, 29
• Fortescue, John (brother-in-law of the poet), 2
• Fortescue, Mrs. John, i.e., Gay, Joanna (q.v.)
• Fortescue, William, 2, 3, 22, 66
• Freind, Dr. John, 11, 12
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• Garrick, David, 84
• Garth, Dr., 16
• Gay, Anthony, 1
  • Gilbert le, 1
  • Rev. James (uncle of the poet), 2
  • Joanna (sister of the poet), 2, 117
  • Jonathan (brother of the poet), 2, 7
  • Johans, 1
  • John (grandfather of the poet), 1
  • John (uncle of the poet), 2
  • John (the poet), ancestors, 1;
  • parentage and family, 1-2;
  • birth, 2;
  • death of parents, 2;
  • lives with his uncle, Thomas Gay, 2;
  • attends Free School at Barr staple, 2-3;
  • apprenticed to a London silk-mercer, 3;
  • in ill-health, 4;
  • returns to Barnstaple, 4;
  • early writings, 4-5;
  • youthful love affair, 5-6;
  • in improved health, 7;
  • returns to London, 7;
  • life in the Metropolis, 7-8;
  • love of food, drink, and dress, 8-9;
  • "Wine," 9-10;
  • "The Present State of Wit," 11-14;
  • makes acquaintance with Henry Cromwell and Pope, 14;
  • "On a Miscellany of Poems to Bernard Lintott," 14-16;
  • becomes intimate with Pope, 17;
  • domestic secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth, 18-19;
  • "Rural Sports," 20;
  • some minor verses, 20;
  • "The Fan," 20-21;
  • "The Wife of Bath," 21, 113, 115-116;
  • his charm, 21-22;
  • Pope as his protector and adviser, 22;
  • "Memoirs of Scriblerus," 23;
  • "The Shepherd's Week," 24-28;
  • appointed Secretary to Lord Clarendon's Mission to Hanover, 1714, 29;
  • letters from Hanover, 29;
  • returns to England on death of Queen Anne, 33;
  • "A Letter to a Lady," 34-35;
  • "The What D'ye Call It," 35, 36-39;
  • recognised as a man of letters, 39;
  • visit to Exeter with the Earl of Burlington, 39;
  • "Trivia," 39-40;
  • "Court Poems," 40;
  • "The Toilet," 41;
  • second visit to Devonshire, 41;
  • "Three Hours After Marriage," 41-45;
  • visits the Continent with Pulteney, 45-46;
  • intimate with the Maids of Honour, 46;
  • and with the Hon. Mrs. Howard, 46-47;
  • again abroad with Pulteney, 48;
  • his literary reputation in 1720, 50;
  • "Poems on Several Occasions," 50;
  • given a present of South Sea stock, and invests his fortune in it, 52;
  • loses his money when the "Bubble" bursts, 53;
  • financial embarrassment, 53;
  • the desire of his friends to aid him, 54;
  • the disappointment affects his health, 55;
  • recuperates at Bath, 55;
  • appointed a Commissioner of the State Lottery and given an apartment in Whitehall, 57;
    
  • at Tunbridge Wells, 58;[pg 165]
  • correspondence with the Hon. Mrs. Howard, 59-64;
  • "The Captives," 65;
  • dedication to the Princess of Wales, 65;
  • again at Bath, 66, 67;
  • first meeting with Swift, 68;
  • becomes more intimate with the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry, 69;
  • "The Fables" (first series), 69;
  • dedication to Prince William Augustus, 69;
  • his expectation of a post at Court, 70;
  • offered appointment of Gentleman Usher to the Princess Louisa, 70;
  • his indignation, 70;
  • refuses the post, 70;
  • the opinions of Pope and Swift on the offer, 71-74;
  • lampooned, 75-77;
  • "The Beggar's Opera," 78-91, 93;
  • at Bath, 92-94;
  • "Polly," 95-101, 108;
  • loses his Commissionship and his apartments in Whitehall, 101;
  • an end of hope of Court preferment, 102;
  • seriously ill, 105;
  • lives with the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry, 110;
  • in failing health, 133;
  • "Acis and Galatea," 134;
  • "Achilles," 134, 141, 142;
  • "The Distrest Wife," 134, 142, 143;
  • "The Rehearsal at Goatham," 135, 143;
  • "Fables" (second series), 135, 144;
  • death, 138;
  • buried in Westminster Abbey, 139;
  • his monument, 140;
  • his epitaph written by Pope, 141;
  • posthumous works, 141-144;
  • his friends' devotion, 145-147;
  • letters quoted:
    • to Arbuthnot, 31;
    • to Caryll, 37, 38;
    • to Parnell, 38;
    • to Pope, 42, 93, 106, 137;
    • to the Countess of Suffolk, 48, 59, 61, 66, 111, 117, 120, 121, 124, 129;
    • to Swift, 9, 29, 55, 57, 58, 69, 70, 72, 74, 78, 87, 92, 93, 107, 113, 115, 116, 127, 130, 132, 133, 135, 138;
    • to Tonson, 53.
  • Chronological List of the Correspondence of John Gay, 156.
  • References to his writings will be found under the respective titles.
  • Katherine (sister of the poet), 1, 117
  • Richard, 1
  • Richard (uncle of the poet), 2
  • Thomas (uncle of the poet), 2
  • William (father of the poet), 1
  • Mrs. William, i.e., Hanmer, Miss (q.v.)
• Gaye, John, 1
  
  • Richard, 1
• George I., 30, 33, 70
  
  • II., 36, 100, 103
• Gore, Mr., 140
• Grafton, Duke of, 95, 97-99, 101
• Grattan Flood, W.H., Mus. D.:
  
  • "Notes on the Sources of the Tunes of 'The Beggar's Opera'" 150
• Griffin (actor), 38
• Gumley, Anne Maria, 46
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• Hall (actor), 80, 142
• Hamilton, Duchess of, 46, 47
• Hanmer, Miss (mother of the poet), 1, 2
  • Rev. Jonathan (grandfather of the poet), 1
  • Rev. John (uncle of the poet), 2, 3, 4
• Harcourt, Lord, 48
• "Hare and Many Friends, The," quoted, 70
• Harley, Thomas, 28
• Hawkins, Sir John, 85
• Henley, Anthony, 12
• Herbert, Lord, 118, 120
  • Miss, 118
• Herring, Dr. (Archbishop of Canterbury), 84
• Hervey, Lady, 101
  • Miss, 47
• "High German Doctor, The," 38
• Hill, Aaron, 3, 9;
  • letter to Savage, quoted, 18
  • Henry, 10
• Hippisley (actor), 80
• Hollins, Dr., 109
• Horneck, Philip, 38
• Howard, The Hon. Mrs., see Suffolk, Countess of
• Howe, Miss, 48
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• Irvine, Lady Anne, letter to Lord Carlisle, quoted, 142
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• Jennings, Mary, 59
• Johnson (actor), 42
  
  • Samuel, his "Lives of the Poets," quoted, 18, 21, 28, 42, 47, 52, 65, 85
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• Kent, William, 50
• King, Dr. William, 11, 12
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• "Ladies' Petition to the Honourable the House of Commons," 5
• Laguerre (actor), 142
• Lepell, Miss, 46, 47, 49
• "Letter from a Lady in the City to a Lady in the Country, A," 43
• "Letter to a Lady, A" 34;
  • quoted,34-35
• "Letter to a Young Lady," 5;
  • quoted, 6
• "Letter to John Gay, concerning his late Farce, entitled a Comedy," 44
• Leveridge (actor), 142
• Lewis, Erasmus, 14, 22, 29, 51, 58
• Lincoln, Earl of, 57
• Lintott, Bernard, 14, 39, 43, 50, 53, 54
• Louisa, Princess, 70
• Luck, Rev. Robert, 3
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• Mainwaring, Arthur, 12
• Marlborough, Henrietta, Duchess of, 88, 92, 94, 95, 108
• Martin, Mrs., 80
• Meadows, Miss, 121
• Medley, The, 12
• "Memoirs of Scriblerus," 23, 29
• Methuen, Sir Paul, 51
• Monmouth, Duchess of, 18-19, 29
• Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 40, 47
• Monthly Amusement, 12
• Motte, Benjamin, 87, 90
• Murray, Miss, 47
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• Norsa, Miss, 142
• Nash, Ricard ("Beau"), 94
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• Oates, Miss, 142
• Observer, The, 12
• "Ode for the New Year, Written by Colley Cibber, Esq.," quoted, 102, 103
• Oldmixon, John, 12
• "On a Miscellany of Poems to Bernard Lintott," quoted, 10, 14, 15-16
• Otway, Thomas, 37
• Oxford, Earl of, 29, 33, 72
• Ozell, John, 12
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• "Panegyrical Epistle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Goldsmith,"
  • quoted, 53
• "Panthea," 20
• Parnell, Thomas, 22, 29
• Paull, H.M., his essay on Gay, quoted, 95-96
• Pelham, Mrs., 66
• Pendarves, Mrs., letter to Mrs. Anne Granville, quoted, 101
• Penkethman (actor), 37
• Peterborough, Earl of, 63, 64, 94
• Philips, Ambrose, 25, 26, 27, 28, 67
  • John, 10
• Playfair, Nigel, 91 note
• "Poems on Several Occasions," 50
• "Polly," 95-101, 108
• Pope, Alexander, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 27, 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 51, 54, 58, 66, 68, 79, 80, 90, 107, 123, 130, 131, 132, 134, 140, 145, 146;
  • his epitaph on Gay quoted, 141;
  • his "Epistle to Arbuthnot" quoted, 145;
  • his "Farewell to London" quoted, 17;
  • letters quoted:
    • to Martha Blount, 46;
    • to Caryll, 39, 45, 141;
    • to Congreve, 36;
    • to Cromwell, 14, 16;
    • to Gay, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 33, 46, 71, 105, 119, 122, 136;
    • to Parnell, 43;
    • to Swift, 8, 23, 67, 73, 79, 86, 89, 139, 141, 142, 146
• "Pope's Welcome from Greece, Mr." quoted, 8, 47-48, 52, 145, 146, 147
• Poyntz, S., 136
• Pratt, Dr. Benjamin, 29
• "Prediction," 5
• "Present State of Wit, The," 11;
  
  • quoted, 9, 12, 13-14
• Prior, Matthew, 12, 15
• Pulteney, William, 45, 46, 54, 90, 92, 108, 110
  
  • Mrs. William, see Gumley, Anne Maria
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• Queensberry, Duke of, 69, 101, 115, 140, 141, 143
  • Duchess of, 69, 74, 87, 88, 100, 101, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 118, 119, 122, 123, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 136, 140, 143, 144, 145;
  • letters quoted:
    • to the Countess of Suffolk, 120, 121, 134, 144;
    • to Swift, 144
• Quin, James, 79, 80, 142
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• Raynor, William, 3
• Redpath, George, 12
• "Rehearsal at Goatham, The," 135, 143
• "Reproof and Flattery," 20
• Rich, John, 79, 90, 95, 96
• Rivers, Lord, 28
• Roberts, J., 40
• Rolt, Mrs., 66
• Rooke, George, 41
• "Rural Sports" 20;
  • quoted, 8, 20
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• Salway (actor), 142
• Savage, Richard, 18
• Scarborough, Lord, 67
• Scott, Jane, 5, 6
• Scudamore, Miss, 48
  
  • Lady, 93, 94
• Senesimo, 58
• "Shepherd's Week, The," 24, 28, 35, 50;
• • quoted, 9, 24, 25, 27
• Shrewsbury, Duke of, 33
• Skerrett, Molly, 80
• Smith, Miss, 112
• Snow, Thomas, 53
• Somerville, Lord, 66
• Sophia, Electress, 30
• Spectator, The, 11
• Spence, Joseph, his "Anecdotes of Pope" quoted 43, 44
• Stanhope, Lord 46
  
  • William, 100
• Steele, Sir Richard, 11, 12, 13-14, 21
• Swift, Jonathan, 12, 23, 33, 35, 51, 68, 73, 74, 78, 81, 84, 106, 138;
  • his "Libel on the Rev. Mr. Delany and His Excellency Lord Cartaret," quoted, 73;
  • his "Epistle to Mr. Gay," quoted, 73;
  • Verses on his own Death quoted, 147;
  • letters quoted: to Gay, 56, 68, 88, 89, 116, 123, 126, 127, 131, 133;
  • to Erasmus Lewis, 146;
  • to Pope, 41, 67, 68, 69, 73, 78, 86, 93, 107, 143;
  • to the Countess of Suffolk, 68;
  • to Tickell, 68
• Suffolk, Henrietta Howard, Countess of, 30, 46, 47, 54, 67, 68, 74, 90, 109, 110, 119, 130;
  • letters to Gay quoted, 59, 60, 63, 64, 74, 94, 122, 128, 130
  • Earl of, 128
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• Tatler, The, 11, 12
• Thanet, Countess of, 111
• "Thought on Eternity, A," 20
• "Three Hours After Marriage," 41-42, 43, 44, 50
• Tickell, John, 26
• "To a Young Lady with some Lamphreys," 8
• "To Miss Jane Scott," 5;
  • quoted, 5
• "To My Chair," 5
• "Toilet, The," 41
• Tonson, Jacob, 15, 20, 50, 53, 69
• "Trivia," 39, 50
• Tutchin, John, 12
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• Underhill, John, quoted, 5, 25
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• "Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds, The," quoted, 103-104
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• Walker (actor), 80, 142
• Walpole, Sir Robert, 80, 99
• Warwick, Earl of, 44, 46
• Watts, J., 69
• Weekly Review, 12
• "What D'ye Call It," 35, 36-39, 43, 50
• Whig Examiner, The, 12
• "Wife of Bath, The," 21, 50, 113, 115-116
• Wilcox, Dr., Bishop of Rochester, 140
• William Augustus, Prince. See Cumberland, Duke of
• "Wine," quoted, 10-11
• Woodward, Dr., 41, 42
• Wyndham, Sir William, 137
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• Younger, Miss, 38