 | WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH - 1873 - 736 pages
...the " Beggar's Opera." A note to the Dunciad, says : " 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... | |
 | 1873 - 734 pages
...the " Beggar's Opera." A note to the Dunciad, says : " 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... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - Actors - 1881 - 292 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Henry Sutherland Edwards - Opera - 1886 - 320 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 474 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...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 pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published ; and pamphlets... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...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 pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published; and pamphlets... | |
 | John Gay - English poetry - 1893 - 384 pages
...testimony of Mr. Robert Arbuthnot, Secretary screens. 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 publish'd ; and pamphlets... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...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 of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers 6 ; her Life 1 'Quin said that it was long in a very dubious state ; that there... | |
 | John Fyvie - Actresses - 1906 - 496 pages
...fame of it was not confined to the author only ; for ' 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... | |
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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... 
