Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 197 pages of information about Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732).

Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 197 pages of information about Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732).
  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

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

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
  “Dress,” 20
Drumlanrig, Earl of, 111, 122

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

“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

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;

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