Moreover if I know anything of John Gay, of a certainty all the money he puts in his pocket will go out of the hole at the other end." "I know--I know," rejoined the poet hastily.

"But I'm not thinking alone of the booksellers.

It is a 'place' I shall have and an annual income that will sweep away all my anxieties." "Then you're in favour with the Princess and her obedient servant Sir Robert--or is Walpole her master?
What will the Dean of St.Patrick and Mr.Pope say to your surrender ?" "No, no.

I will never write a word in praise of either.

There's not a word in the 'Fables' that can be twisted into bolstering up the Government." "And you think to receive your comfortable 'place' out of pure admiration of your poetical gifts?
My poor Gay!" "No.