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
escape man rope sure takes woman
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
cheat cheating cheats fine man woman
To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman
builds fame hate man name ruins
I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame
alive man nor rear sad taught wonder
Our Polly is a sad slut! nor heeds what we have taught her. / I wonder any man alive will ever rear a daughter!
cards deserve far goes green home meaningful path permanent send status
It goes very far in recognizing that you can't send (the undocumented) home and that they do deserve permanent status and a path to citizenship. But there have to be enough green cards there for this to be a meaningful opportunity.
looked played
We played very tentatively. I told them it looked like we were tiptoeing around.
felt few good hand job letting needed played
We played very good defense, and SouthWest did too. They did a good job of not letting us penetrate. We felt like we could give them a game, but we just needed to get a few more scores. I was a little disappointed it got out of hand at the end.
found mother
Where yet was ever found a mother, / Who'd give her booby for another?
needed physical turned
The physical play got to us and then frustration set in. We needed to get something going offensively, but we turned it over, couldn't get back (on defense) ? that was the story.
compass faithful heart meet points shall
We only part to meet again. / Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be / The faithful compass that still points to thee.
error favors fools fortune gross held tis
Tis a gross error held in schools, That Fortune always favors fools
seduces taught tis woman
Tis woman that seduces all mankind, / By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.
needed settle
We were able to settle down when we needed to.
compared
What he was doing is unrecognizable compared to what I do on a day-to-day basis.