GAY 
GAWAITTAN, in Ss ae a town of Pruffia, in 
Samland; 7 miles W. of Gol 
GAWI 
ape 
E, or Graveun, a town of Hindooftan, in 
‘Goondwana ; 3 20 miles N. N.W. of Dilicaie N. lat. 
21° 27!.. E. ong. 77° § 
GAWNAGH, Love a lake of Ireland, in the 
northern part of the conn “of Longford, near the borders 
‘of Cavan. 
, Ww 
H, a town of Hindooftan; 5 miles N.E. of 
- Benares.—Alfo,.a river of Afia, which rifes in the moun- 
‘tains of Kemaoon, and runs inte the Ganges with the 
Ramgonga. 
GAWSE, or Gawze, in the Manufa@ures, a very thin 
bi tranfparent kind of ss ff, woven fometimes of ilk, 
and fometimes only of ae 
o warp the filk for a ing of gawze, they ule a pecu- 
liar kind of alia “upon whic the dilk is wound: this mill 
‘is a wooden machine, about fix feet high, having an axis 
perpendievaly Uren in the vaiddle thereof, with fix large 
wings, on’w rae is- wound from-off the bobbins, by 
athe axis Puming rou 
all the Alle i is on the mill, they-ufe another inftru- 
ment i wind * off again on two beame: this ak pa 
filk is pafled through as many little beads as ther 
‘threads of filk: and thus-rolled en oie beam, to coy 
the Joom. 
The ea is much like that 
-ers, though it has feveral appendages are thereto. 
OOM. 
a 
P the common weay- 
See 
are figured pauzes3 ‘fome with flowers of gold 
on a. “fill ground, thefe ‘laf are chiefly brought 
nas 
WZYGUR, in- Geograph by, a ‘town of ‘Hindoottan, 
in ie scircar of Gohud; 30 miles N.W. of Narwa. 
:GAY, a term fignifying fpeckled or light coloured in 
There 
cand filver 
‘from ne oy 
she ‘Mm ede yy an eminent Englifh poet, 
4688, at Barnitaple, in Devonthire, where 
“was, edcated aie a view to trade. e was accordingly 
“put out as an eae ntice to a filk-mercer, in London. 
‘Loon hee an cutter diflike’to the duties enjoined on him 
‘in this fituation; and in e few years a mutual A de 
took place ‘between hirn and his mafter. From t e he 
feems to have devoted Sas to paced compo “fit 
« Rural Spo 
an 171i, Hears ed his rts,’ inferibed t 
+ 
wo 
e hi ent, joined to he excelicnt temper of 
Gay, laid ae Foundation - oS en ieee death 
~— oul a diy Tes of 
it tle work difplayed in a ftrikin ner the talent which 
its author had making obfervations, and whi ich gave him 
an a eer ‘beyond » 
erly fo called, could have effected. . 
he et feelin nea matic writing. The *¢ Mohocks, a tragi- 
‘comical farce,’’ was uttributed to his pen; and he brought- 
out a comedy, called «The Wife of — In 1714, 
Gay appeared as the advocate of ‘his friend P in a dil- 
pute between him and Ambrofe nag relpecting the 
merits of their paftorals: thofe of Pope were written in 
aftorals, in w 
Phibieds in dee cel coarfenefs, with a view of proving, 
of London.’’ This 
GAY 
i a fort of carricature, the abfurdity of Phillips’ fyf- 
tem of paftorals. His work was entitled-* The Shepherd’s 
eek,” as the fix pieces of w it confifted were de- 
nominated by days of the week. h oceed through 
ne common t or poms in a ee 
was appo. 
his embaffy to the court iy ian 
r and patronage of the 
family ; the experiment did at fucceed. He wrote a poet- 
ica epiftle upon the arrival of the princefs of Ww ales, which 
e prince and princefs, at the exhibition of his next dra- 
atic A had many frienés among perfons of 
rank ce, and he was genere a e pies for the 
a collection of aoe 
he gained a thoufand pod om a \ prefent of fire 
{ca ttock from Craggs, fecretary of flate, which a his 
hopes of fortune to a Gaia height; but by refufing 
to fell his ttock at the critical period, he loft the whole, and 
a dangerous {tate of ill } He retire a 
r the air; and by this and the kindnefs of his friends he 
ances hae wrote tragedy of << e Captives,” 
which acted i n work was his 
Fables,” written poy for the ‘inflrugtion of the 
duke of Cumberland, to whom it was SS This 
publifhed in the year 17 A fecond part of the 
Fables, dire€ted to political fabjels, was publifhed after 
{ ‘s death, but it did not take a 
hlaaee the Fables, pr 
a 
almo 
ceed = 
upon the acection of Geor: 
gotten, he was offered nothing better than the:poft of gen- 
tleman-ufher to the young as Louifa, which a ide- 
clined, by iaying he = too old uch a plac 
erwards in his behalf, but he was en 
Tosa at court ca 
pera,” 
ae ac. 
try theatres. «“ If,’? fays an able critic, ‘the caufe of 
this extraordinary fuccefs be ig aah the anfwer is per- 
s to indicate a ee of 
of fcenes of vice and vulgarity, painted indeed 3 ina natu 
ftyle, ead in their incidents appealing. to the aes im- 
planted in every human breaft. But Hd the Beggar’s Opera 
obtained applaufe on the ftage, it underwent more ferions © 
cenfure in other places than almoft any dramatic piece that 
has 
