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Updated: October 21, 2026
This turn of the wheel is reflected with curious accuracy by an anonymous satirist of 1735: "F -g, who Yesterday appear'd so rough, Clad in coarse Frize, and plaister'd down with Snuff, See how his Instant gaudy Trappings shine; What Play-house Bard was ever seen so fine!
"F g, who yesterday appear'd so rough, Clad in coarse Frize, and plaister'd down with Snuff, See how his Instant gaudy Trappings shine; What Play-house Bard was ever seen so fine! But this, not from his Humour flows, you'll say, But mere Necessity; for last Night lay In Pawn, the Velvet which he wears to Day." His work bears traces of the inequalities and irregularities of his mode of living.