John Gay
John Gay
John Gaywas an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera, a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 June 1685
break cheating father handsome hath lectures morality mother pitied pleasure
How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.
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Our defense is key to us right now. We've got to play good defense. That's our driving force.
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Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outliv'd the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill
charge judges lawyers terrible
The charge is prepared; the lawyers are met, / The judges all ranged (a terrible show!).
fix
(The bill) doesn't fix the system, it just focuses on enforcement.
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The word would quickly spread in Mexico and other countries that you don't need to risk your life in the desert anymore. All you have to do is follow the rules of the program.
far fondly hills
If with me you'll fondly stray, / Over the hills and far away.
builds fame hate man name ruins
I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame
dear depends poor rope
For on the rope that hangs my dear / Depends poor Polly's life.
dear happy neither tease thus word
How happy could I be with either, / Were t'other dear charmer away! / But while ye thus tease me together, / To neither a word will I say.
changed flower
I sipped each flower, / I changed ev'ry hour, / But here ev'ry flower is united.
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It would impose fines of up to $25,000 for paperwork violations. How many businesses could withstand one or two or three $25,000 fines for checking the wrong box?
hath modern state tried
Corruption's not for modern date; It hath been tried in ev'ry state
fox hand steal steals
A fox may steal your hens, sir, / . . . If lawyer's hand is fee'd sir, / He steals your whole estate.