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
died
While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and died
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Bring me a hundred reeds of decent growth,/ To make a pipe for my capacious mouth.
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Corruption's not for modern date; It hath been tried in ev'ry state
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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?
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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.
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O ruddier than the cherry, / O sweeter than the berry, / O nymph more bright / Than moonshine night, / Like kidlings blithe and merry.
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A fox may steal your hens, sir, / . . . If lawyer's hand is fee'd sir, / He steals your whole estate.
lily
Adieu! she cries; and waved her lily hand.
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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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One wife is too much for most husbands to hear, / But two at a time there's no mortal can bear.
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I hate the man who builds his name on the ruins of another's fame
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I felt like we played a good game for the most part. But near the end, we played not to lose, instead of playing to win. We were not very smart against their defensive pressure, and we started to panic.
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I felt good if they ran the 1-3-1 against the offense we're using. Then we went out there and didn't show a lot of patience and poise, didn't get it set up, didn't pass the ball around and make their zone work.