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The Fables of John Gay, Volume One

The Fables of John Gay, Volume One

Gay, John
Palmer, Dandi

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1906442045
ISBN13: 9781906442040
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jan 11 2017
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.28 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Poems by the writer of The Beggar's Opera. John Gay had a humorously sardonic view of human nature. From three centuries ago, his Fables show that nothing changes. All life is here - charlatans, doxies, thugs, misers, the self-deluded, the gossips, the opportunist politicians ... and many animals who know better.Fully illustrated with line drawings by Dandi Palmer.From The Elephant and the Bookseller - When wrinkling with a sneer, his trunk,Friend, quoth the Elephant, you're drunk; E'en keep your money, and be wise: Leave man on man, to criticise; For that you ne'er can want a pen, Among the senseless sons of men. They unprovok'd, will court the fray: Envy's a sharper spur than pay. No author ever spared a brother; Wits are game-cocks, to one another.

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