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... Johnson , whose ' Suspirius ' in The Rambler was , under the name of Croaker , ' one of its most 20 prominent personages , pronounced it to be the best comedy since Cibber's Provok'd Husband . 25 During the autumn of 1767 , Goldsmith ...
... Johnson , whose ' Suspirius ' in The Rambler was , under the name of Croaker , ' one of its most 20 prominent personages , pronounced it to be the best comedy since Cibber's Provok'd Husband . 25 During the autumn of 1767 , Goldsmith ...
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... Johnson and Burke . Morbidly self - conscious , nervously anxious to succeed , he was at once forced into a competition for Io which neither his antecedents nor his qualifications had prepared him . To this , coupled with the old habit ...
... Johnson and Burke . Morbidly self - conscious , nervously anxious to succeed , he was at once forced into a competition for Io which neither his antecedents nor his qualifications had prepared him . To this , coupled with the old habit ...
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... Johnson , Garrick , Dean Barnard , and others . ' We sat very late ; ' he adds in conclusion , and the conversation that at last ensued , was the direct cause of my friend Goldsmith's poem , called Retaliation . ' · 66 1. 5. Our Dean ...
... Johnson , Garrick , Dean Barnard , and others . ' We sat very late ; ' he adds in conclusion , and the conversation that at last ensued , was the direct cause of my friend Goldsmith's poem , called Retaliation . ' · 66 1. 5. Our Dean ...
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The Deserted Village | 21 |
On a Beautiful Youth struck Blind with Lightning | 42 |
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