The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces

By (author): "C.F. Burgess, John Gay"
Genres:Fiction books  Classics books  Plays books  Drama books  Theatre books  School books  18th Century books  
Publish Date: 1728
The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces
ISBN0882950371
ISBN139780882950372
AsinThe Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces
Original titleThe Beggar's Opera
MATT. We retrench the Superfluities of Mankind. The World is avaritious, and I hate Avarice. A covetous fellow, like a Jackdaw, steals what he was never made to enjoy, for the sake of hiding it. These are the Robbers of Mankind, for Money was made for the Free- hearted and Generous.