John Gay

Oil painting by [[Godfrey Kneller]] of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay<ref>{{cite web |title=Unknown man, formerly known as John Gay - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02436/Unknown-man-formerly-known-as-John-Gay |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> 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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    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 Company at a thousand per cent.
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    The beggar's opera /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 2006
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    Fables /
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    The fables of Mr. John Gay. : Complete in two parts /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1810
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    The fables of Mr. John Gay /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1797
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    The fables of Mr. John Gay : complete in two parts /
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    Fables /
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    Fables (1727, 1738) /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1967
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    Fables /
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    Fables /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1884
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    Fables /
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    Fables /
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    Fables : by the late Mr. Gay.
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    The flowers of English fable /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1835
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    Fables /
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    The beggar's opera /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 2010
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    Fables.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1728
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    Fables. /
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    William and Susan.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1790
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    The beggar's opera ... : to which is prefixed the ouverture in score: and the musick to each song /
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1765
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