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

by Lewis Melville

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]
• 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]
• 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][pg 164]
• • "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];
  • 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]
• 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]
• Irvine, Lady Anne, letter to Lord Carlisle, quoted, [142]
• Jennings, Mary, [59]
• Johnson (actor), [42]
  
• • Samuel, his "Lives of the Poets," quoted, [18], [21], [28], [42], [47], [52], [65], [85]
• [pg 166]
• Kent, William, [50]
• King, Dr. William, [11], [12]
• "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]
• 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]
• Norsa, Miss, [142]
• Nash, Ricard ("Beau"), [94]
• 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]
• "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
• 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]
• [pg 167]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Underhill, John, quoted, [5], [25]
• "Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds, The," quoted, [103]-[104]
• 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]
• Younger, Miss, [38]