"Though my Heart were as frozen as Ice, / At his Flame 'twould have melted away."
The Beggar's Opera
<u>The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay</u> (London: Printed for John Watts, 1728). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW109713725&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Extremely popular and often reprinted, with ninety some entries in the ESTC. Reading Penguin edition, edited by Bryan Loughrey and T.O. Treadwell, which is based on the third, quarto, edition of 1729.