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" A lazy Dog! When I took him the time before, I told him what he would come to if he did not mend his Hand. This is Death without Reprieve. I may venture to Book him. [writes] For Tom Gagg, forty Pounds. "
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The Beggar's Opera

Edgar V. Roberts - Drama - 1969 - 280 pages
...you may satisfy her that I'll soften the evidence. FILCH. Tom Gagg, sir, is found guilty. PEACHUM. A lazy dog! When I took him the time before, I told...he would come to if he did not mend his hand. This 10 is death without reprieve. I may venture to book him. (Writes.) "For Tom Gagg, forty pounds." —...
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Eighteenth-century English Literature

Geoffrey Tillotson, Paul Fussell, Marshall Waingrow - Literary Criticism - 1969 - 1592 pages
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The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

Martin Price - Literary Collections - 1973 - 852 pages
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Dramatic Works, Volume 2

John Gay - English drama - 1983 - 424 pages
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The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces

John Gay - Drama - 1985 - 140 pages
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Thief-Taker General: Jonathan Wild and the Emergence of Crime and Corruption ...

Gerald Howson - History - 1985 - 390 pages
...necessary for him'. When Filch comes in and announces that Tom Gagg has been condemned, Peachum says: 'This is Death without Reprieve. I may venture to book him. (Writes) For Tom Gagg, Forty Pounds' Here is an example of a satire which was outstripped by reality. A more telling example, because it...
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The Oxford Book of Villains

John Mortimer - Fiction - 1992 - 492 pages
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The Oxford Book of Villains

John Mortimer - Villains in literature. - 1992 - 431 pages
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The Beggar's Opera

John Gay, John Caird, Ilona Sekacz - Music - 1999 - 116 pages
...satisfy her that I'll soften the evidence. FILCH. Tom Gagg, sir, is found guilty. PEACHUM. A lazy dog! I told him what he would come to if he did not mend...death without reprieve. I may venture to book him. (Peachum opens his ledger, locates the Black List, dips his quill pen and writes with great satisfaction.)...
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The Beggar's Opera

Drama - 1998 - 36 pages
...guilty. (Hides bis bead, thinking be is going to be beaten) MR. PEACHUM. A lazy dog! (Filch is relieved) When I took him the time before. I told him what he should come to if he did not mend his hand. (Hits him) Make hast to Newgate Prison, boy and let my...
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