 | 1853 - 386 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 of the town ; her portraits were engraved and sold in great numbers, and pamphlets were made even of her jests and sayings.... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 páginas
...with it in screens. The fame of it was not confined: to the author only. The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of VOL' I. B letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 páginas
...favourite songs of it in fans; and houses were Iurnished with it in sercens. The person who aeted Polly, ce he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks. Or a pietures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to... | |
 | John Timbs - 1865 - 348 páginas
...manners. Her performance of Polly brought her into much note ; her portrait was published in mezzotint, and sold in great numbers ; her life written ; books of letters and verses to her printed, and pamphlets of her sayings and jests. The Duke of Bolton, then in the prime of life, living... | |
 | 1866 - 300 páginas
...with it in screens. The fame of it was not confined to the author only. The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of VOL. i. B letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore,... | |
 | John Gay - 1870 - 306 páginas
...with it in screens. The fame of it was not confined to the author only. The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Futhermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before... | |
 | 1873 - 734 páginas
...character of Polly, in the " Beggar's Opera." A note to the Dunciad, says : " The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets were made of her sayings and jests." It may be added that the theatre was crowded night after night... | |
 | WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH - 1873 - 736 páginas
...character of Polly, in the " Beggar's Opera." A note to the Dunciad, says : " The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite...letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets were made of her sayings and jests." It may be added that the theatre was crowded night after night... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 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 of the town; herpictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1888 - 528 páginas
...Lavinia Fenton (Duchess of Bolton). 1708-1760. The person who acted Polly (in the " Beggars' Opera"1), till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved and r.old in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, 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... 
