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John Gay

John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. Provided by Wikipedia

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The distress'd wife : A comedy. By the late Mr. Gay, Author of the Beggar's Opera

by Gay, John
Published 1743

printed for Thomas Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard

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The beggars opera : As it is acted at both the Theatres Royal, in Drury-Lane, and Covent-Garden. Written by Mr. Gay. Dramatis personæ

by Gay, John
Published 1760

printed in the year

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The beggar's opera : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. John Gay

by Gay, John
Published 1763

printed for A. Scot in Little Britain

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The beggar's opera : Written by Mr. Gay

by Gay, John
Published 1772

printed for W. Strahan, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, W. Griffin, W. Nicoll, S. Bladon, and G. Kearsley

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The beggar's opera : Written by Mr. Gay. Marked with the variations in the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane

by Gay, John
Published 1782

printed for W. Strahan, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon

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Daphnis and Chloe : A ballad

by Gay, John
Published 1720

printed for J. Tonson, and B. Lintot, where subscriptions are taken in for Mr. Gay's Poems, collected into one volume, which will be published in May next

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A panegyrical epistle to Mr. Thomas Snow, goldsmith near Temple-Barr : occasion'd by his buying and selling of the third subscriptions, taken in by the directors of the South-Sea C...

by Gay, John
Published 1721

Printed for Bernard Lintot

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In the House of Lords : John Mitchell, and John Gay, Original Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs in Error. And Sir George Brydges Rodney, Bart. and The Honourable John Vaughan, Defendants....

by Mitchell, John
Published 1783

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A supplement to the works of Alexander Pope, Esq : Containing, such poems, letters, &c. as are omitted in the edition published by the Reverend Doctor Warburton: with the comedy of...

by Pope, Alexander
Published 1758

printed for W. Whitestone, opposite Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row

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The art of politicks : in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry. Humbly address'd to the Right Honourable ***** ***** and James Duke Heidegger, Esq; Written by Messieurs A. Pope and...

by Bramston, James
Published 1729

London: printed, and Dublin re-printed, and sold by James Hoey, and George Faulkner, at the Pamphlet-Shop in Skinner-Row, opposite to the Tholsel

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The art of politicks, in imitation of horace's art of poetry : Humbly address'd to the Right Honourable ********** and James Duke Heidegger, Esq; Written by Messieurs A. Pope and J...

by Bramston, James
Published 1729

London: printed, and Dublin re-printed, and sold by James Hoey, and George Faulkner, at the Pamphlet-Shop in Skinner-Row, opposite to the Thalsel

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In error, in Parliament. John Mitchell and John Gay, - - plaintiffs. Sir George Brydges Rodney, bart. (now Lord Rodney), and the Honourable John Vaughan, defendants. The case of th...

by Rodney, George Brydges Rodney
Published 1783

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