Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Gay, Vol. 1 of 3 London: butthisstep was taken withgutmnsu the youth's taste and temper. The condition i apprentice appeared too illiberal: he was not it it seems, for a counter castor. The shop soon be his aversion: he was seldom seen it it: and in 1 years his master, upon the offer of a small cousi tion, willingly consented to give up his indent Having thus purchased the ease of his mind, it dulged himself freely and fully in that course 0 to which he was irresistibly drawn by Nature. Gi concurred with inclination; poetry was at onci delight and his talent; and he suffered not his 1 to be disturbed by any disagreeable attention ti expence of cultivating it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.