Selected PoemsCarcanet, 1979 - 95 pages A selection of the poetry of John Gay (1685-1732) who was part of the 'association of wits' that included Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. His wit is characterised by a benign and ironic sense of the fallibility of humankind. |
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... various Significations in the ancient English Authors . I have used it in this Place in the same Sense as Chaucer hath done in his Miller's Tale . As Clerkes been full subtil and queint , ( by which he means Arch or Waggish ) and not in ...
... various Significations in the ancient English Authors . I have used it in this Place in the same Sense as Chaucer hath done in his Miller's Tale . As Clerkes been full subtil and queint , ( by which he means Arch or Waggish ) and not in ...
Page 58
John Gay Marcus Walsh. Of various Cheats formerly in practice Who can the various City Frauds recite , With all the petty Rapines of the Night ? Who now the Guinea - Dropper's Bait regards , 250 Trick'd by the Sharper's Dice , or ...
John Gay Marcus Walsh. Of various Cheats formerly in practice Who can the various City Frauds recite , With all the petty Rapines of the Night ? Who now the Guinea - Dropper's Bait regards , 250 Trick'd by the Sharper's Dice , or ...
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John Gay Marcus Walsh. Hath various tracts to range beside . The prince who kept the world in awe , The judge whose dictate fix'd the law , 145 The rich , the poor , the great , the small , Are levell'd . Death confounds ' em all . Then ...
John Gay Marcus Walsh. Hath various tracts to range beside . The prince who kept the world in awe , The judge whose dictate fix'd the law , 145 The rich , the poor , the great , the small , Are levell'd . Death confounds ' em all . Then ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Chronology of Life and Works | 18 |
The Proeme | 25 |
Copyright | |
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