Chapter 14

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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

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 "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; 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

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

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