 | Maggs Bros - 1924 - 662 páginas
...who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at , once the favourite of th« town; her Portrait was engraved and sold in great • numbers ; her life...letters and verses to her published; and pamphlets made ^vCn1. ?? $&' Sayings and Jests." (Pope's Works, 1735). . : . . Gay (John) — continued. 863 The Beggar's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 páginas
...Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her Pictures were ingraved and sold in great numbers ; her Life written ; books of Letters and Verses to her publish'd ; and pamphlets made even of her Sayings and Jests. <Lavinia Fenton (1708-60), the actress... | |
 | David C. Greetham - 1998 - 636 páginas
...favourite songi of It in Fans; and houses were furnish'd wIth It in Screens. The person who acted Pslly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourIte of the town; her Pietaru were ingravcd and sold in great numbers; her Lift wrItten; books of LtRen and Versa to her... | |
 | Cheryl Wanko - 2003 - 286 páginas
...The author of a prefatory biography to Gay's works (176o) informs us: "The person who acted Polly, 'till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests."2o Printers recognized a good market: the fictional printer "A. Moore" produced at least seven... | |
 | 1920 - 902 páginas
...favourite songs of it in fans, and houses were furnished with it in screens. The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...her life written, books of letters and verses to her publish'd, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests " (" Dunciad, iii., Notes). More than this,... | |
 | 1922 - 1348 páginas
...who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town: her Portrait was engraved and sold in great numbers ; her life written...and pamphlets made even of her Sayings and Jests." (Pope's Works, 1736.) 693 — The Beggar's Opera, as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, in Lincoln's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 páginas
...it in screens. The fame of it was not con" fined to the author only. The person who acted " Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the " favourite of the town ; her pictures were en" graved, and sold in great numbers ; her Life writ" ten, books of letters and verses to her published,... | |
 | 1741 - 698 páginas
...in fans ; and houfes were furnifhed with it in fcreens. The girl who acted Polly, till then obfcure, became all at once the favourite of the town, her pictures were engraved, and fold in great numbers; her life written ; books of letters and verfes to her publiflied; and pamphlets... | |
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The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings... 
