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This comedy1 was very successful, and afterwards kept possession of the stage as a stock play. It added very much to the author’s reputation, and, as was usual with Dr Goldsmith, brought down upon him a torrent of congratulatory addresses and petitions from less fortunate bards, whose indigence compelled them to solicit his bounty, and of scurrilous abuse from such of them, as being less reduced, only envied his success. We shall produce an instance of each.
In The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., vol. 1 (London: T. Johnson et al., 1801) pp. 1–118. Editor’s title.
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James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., vol. 1 (London: Charles Dilly, 1791) p. 367.
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Percy, T. (1993). Dr Goldsmith’s Character. In: Mikhail, E.H. (eds) Goldsmith. Interviews and Recollections. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23093-8_42
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