II [pg 156] II A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN GAY. 1712 Binfield, November 13 Alexander Pope to John Gay December 24 Alexander Pope to John Gay 1713 London, January 13 John Gay to Maurice Johnson, junior. April 23, 1713 John Gay to Maurice Johnson, junior. August 23 Alexander Pope to John Gay October 23 Alexander Pope to John Gay 1714 Binfield, May 4 Thomas Parnell and Alexander Pope to John Gay London, June 8 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Hanover, August 16 John Gay to John Arbuthnot September 23 Alexander Pope to John Gay 1715 London, March 3 Alexander Pope and John Gay to John Caryll London, March 18 Alexander Pope and John Gay to Thomas Parnell [March] Alexander Pope and John Gay to John Caryll April 7 Alexander Pope and John Gay to William Congreve London [April] John Gay and Alexander Pope to John Caryll July 8 John Gay to Alexander Pope 1716 Undated (beginning: "I was last summer in Devonshire"). John Gay, Jervis, John Arbuthnot and Alexander Pope to Thomas Parnell 1717 Undated (beginning: "Too late to see and confess myself mistaken") John Gay to Alexander Pope London, November 8 Alexander Pope to John Gay [pg 157] 1719 September 8 John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard 1720 [ circa October] John Gay to Jacob Tonson 1722 September 11 Alexander Pope to John Gay [September or October] (beginning: "I think it obliging in you") Alexander Pope to John Gay London, December 22 John Gay to Jonathan Swift 1723 Dublin, January 8 Jonathan Swift to John Gay London, February 3 John Gay to Jonathan Swift July 5 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay July 12 John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard July 13 Alexander Pope to John Gay July 22 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay Tunbridge Wells, August John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard August The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay August 22 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay 1724 Undated (beginning: "Since I came to the Bath") John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard Saturday night [autumn] John Gay to Alexander Pope 1725 Thursday, 10 at night John Gay to Alexander Pope 1726 London, September 16 John Gay to Jonathan Swift October 15 Jonathan Swift to Alexander Pope and John Gay [pg 158] Whitehall, October 22 John Gay to Jonathan Swift November 17 John Gay and Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift 1727 Whitehall, February 18 John Gay to Jonathan Swift London, March 3 John Gay to John Caryll [October] (beginning: "I hear you expect and have a mind to have, a letter from me") The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay Twickenham, October 16 Alexander Pope to John Gay October 22 John Gay and Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift 1728 February 12 John Gay to Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford Whitehall, February 15 John Gay to Jonathan Swift February 26 Jonathan Swift to John Gay March 20 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, March 28 Jonathan Swift to John Gay Bath, May 16 John Gay to Jonathan Swift June 15 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay Bath, July 6 John Gay to Jonathan Swift August 2 John Gay to Alexander Pope August The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay London, December 2 John Gay to Jonathan Swift [December, 1728 or January 1729] (beginning: "No words can tell you the great concern") Alexander Pope to John Gay 1729 [January] (beginning, "I faithfully assure you") Alexander Pope to John Gay Sunday night [January] Alexander Pope to John Gay [January] (beginning: "I am glad to hear of the progress") Alexander Pope to John Gay [1] [February or March] (beginning: "My melancholy increases") John Gay to Alexander Pope From the Duke of Queensberry's in Burlington Gardens, March 18 John Gay to Jonathan Swift [pg 159] Dublin, March 19 Jonathan Swift to John Gay August 9 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard August 27 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard Middleton Stoney, November 9 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, November 20 Jonathan Swift to John Gay 1730 London, March 3 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, March 19 Jonathan Swift to John Gay March 31 John Gay to Jonathan Swift May 7 John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard Amesbury, July 4 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Twickenham, July 21 Alexander Pope to John Gay July 31 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay August 18 Alexander Pope to John Gay August 20 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard August 22 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay September 3 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay September 11 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard September 11 Alexander Pope to John Gay October 1 Alexander Pope to John Gay October Alexander Pope to John Gay October 23 Alexander Pope to John Gay Amesbury, November 8 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Jonathan Swift Dublin, November 10 Jonathan Swift to John Gay Dublin, November 19 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry Amesbury, December 6 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Jonathan Swift December 17 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Hon. Mrs. Howard 1731 Dublin, March 13 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry March 20 [pg 160] John Gay to Dean Swift April 21 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensbury to Jonathan Swift Amesbury, April 27 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, June 29 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensbury June 29 The Countess of Suffolk to John Gay July 8 John Gay to the Countess of Suffolk July 18 The Duchess of Queensbury and John Gay to Jonathan Swift "The Country," August 28 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensbury September 5 The Countess of Suffolk to John Gay [November] John Gay and the Duke of Queensbury to Jonathan Swift December 1 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duke and Duchess of Queensbury December 1 John Gay and Alexander Pope to Jonathan Swift December 16 William Cleland to John Gay 1732 London, January 18 John Gay to Jonathan Swift March 13 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, May 4 Jonathan Swift to John Gay London, May 16 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, July 10 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry Amesbury, July 24 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Jonathan Swift Dublin, August 12 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensbury Amesbury, August 28 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensbury to Jonathan Swift October 2 Alexander Pope to John Gay Dublin, October 3 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensbury October 7 John Gay to Alexander Pope November 16 John Gay to Jonathan Swift UNDATED. November 3 (beginning: "I have not been well ")—B.M., Add. MSS., 22626 f. 63 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay December 7 (beginning: "I write this to quiet your conscience ")—B.M., Add. MSS., 22626 f. 64 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay [pg 161] (Beginning: "Most honoured Roger ")—B.M., Add. MSS., 22626 f. 59 John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard (Beginning: "You oblige me extremely in giving me")—B.M., Add. MSS., 22626 f. 61 The Countess of Suffolk to John Gay (Beginning: "Pray tell Mr. Pope ")—B.M., Add. MSS.. 22626 f. 62 The Countess of Suffolk to John Gay Footnotes: [1] The authenticity of this letter is doubtful. [pg 162] III PROGRAMME OF THE REVIVAL OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH, JUNE 7TH, 1920. THE BEGGAR'S OPERA By MR. GAY New Settings of the Airs and Additional Music by Frederic Austin . CAST PEACHUM .........................FREDERIC AUSTIN LOCKIT ..........................ARTHUR WYNN MACHEATH ........................FREDERICK RANALOW FILCH ...........................ALFRED HEATHER THE BEGGAR ......................ARNOLD PILBEAM MRS. PEACHUM ....................ELSIE FRENCH POLLY PEACHUM ...................SYLVIA NELIS LUCY LOCKIT .....................VIOLET MARQUESITA DIANA TRAPES ....................BERYL FREEMAN JENNY DIVER .....................NONNY LOCK Drawer : DAVID HODDER Turnkey : JACK GIRLING Members of Macheath's Gang : ALAN TROTTER, MALCOLM RIGNOLD, JOHN CLIFFORD, EDWARD BARRS, CHARLES STAITE Women of the Town : VERA HURST, ELLA MILNE, WINIFRED CHRISTIE, MILDRED WATSON, SYDNEY LEON, EDITH BARTLETT PERIOD 1728 ACT I. PEACHUM'S HOUSE ACT II. Sc. i. A TAVERN. Near Newgate Sc. ii. NEWGATE ACT III. Sc. i. A STREET Sc. ii. NEWGATE Sc. iii. THE CONDEMN'D HOLD Scenes and Costumes designed by C. Lovat Fraser . Produced by NIGEL PLAYFAIR [pg 163] 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