Wagg, the celebrated wit, and a led captain and trencher-man of my Lord Steyne, was caused by the ladies to charge her; and the worthy fellow, leering at his patronesses and giving them a wink, as much as to say, "Now look out for sport," one evening began an assault upon Becky, who was unsuspiciously eating her dinner.
Wagg. However much he might be disposed to hate all parvenus (Mr.
Wagg. The Eastern voyagers go off dancing, like Papageno and the Moorish King in The Magic Flute.
Wagg transferred to the English stage as an opera, putting his verse, of which he was a skilful writer, to the pretty airs of the ballet.