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Page xxi
... Garrick refused to produce it at Drury Lane . It was acted at Covent Garden in 1768 , but was coldly received . The author , however , cleared by his benefit nights , and by the sale of the copy- right , no less than £ 500 , five times ...
... Garrick refused to produce it at Drury Lane . It was acted at Covent Garden in 1768 , but was coldly received . The author , however , cleared by his benefit nights , and by the sale of the copy- right , no less than £ 500 , five times ...
Page xxvii
... Garrick ; and Goldsmith was on terms of in- timacy with all the four . He aspired to share in their colloquial renown ; but never was ambition more unfortunate . It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity ...
... Garrick ; and Goldsmith was on terms of in- timacy with all the four . He aspired to share in their colloquial renown ; but never was ambition more unfortunate . It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity ...
Page xxxii
... by sketches of Johnson and Gibbon , as happy and vivid as the sketches of Burke and Garrick . Some of Goldsmith's friends and admirers hon- oured him with a cenotaph in Westminster Abbey . Nollekens xxxii MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
... by sketches of Johnson and Gibbon , as happy and vivid as the sketches of Burke and Garrick . Some of Goldsmith's friends and admirers hon- oured him with a cenotaph in Westminster Abbey . Nollekens xxxii MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
Page xxxv
... GARRICK . IV . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . V. MISS HAWKINS'S ANECDOTES . VI . COLMAN'S RANDOM RECORDS . VII . CUMBERLAND'S MEMOIRS . VIII . NORTHCOTE'S CONVERSATIONS . IX . HAWKINS'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH ...
... GARRICK . IV . BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . V. MISS HAWKINS'S ANECDOTES . VI . COLMAN'S RANDOM RECORDS . VII . CUMBERLAND'S MEMOIRS . VIII . NORTHCOTE'S CONVERSATIONS . IX . HAWKINS'S LIFE OF JOHNSON . ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH ...
Page xli
... Garrick , and several others of his literary connexions , had promised him their assistance on various subjects ; and the design was , I believe , entirely given up even previous to his demise . In the Dedication of his Deserted Village ...
... Garrick , and several others of his literary connexions , had promised him their assistance on various subjects ; and the design was , I believe , entirely given up even previous to his demise . In the Dedication of his Deserted Village ...
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