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... essays are character - sketches ; one of them , that of Suspirius , was used by Goldsmith for the making of Croaker in The Good Natur'd Man , and it was Croaker who made the play a success . Domestic relationships provided material for ...
... essays are character - sketches ; one of them , that of Suspirius , was used by Goldsmith for the making of Croaker in The Good Natur'd Man , and it was Croaker who made the play a success . Domestic relationships provided material for ...
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... essays ( The Idler ) were contributed to The Universal Chronicle , a weekly publication , between 1758 and 1760 ... essay beginning : It is commonly observed that when two Englishmen meet , their first talk is of the weather ; they are ...
... essays ( The Idler ) were contributed to The Universal Chronicle , a weekly publication , between 1758 and 1760 ... essay beginning : It is commonly observed that when two Englishmen meet , their first talk is of the weather ; they are ...
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... ESSAYS ON JOHNSON , by Sir W. Raleigh . Oxford ( 1910 ) . [ An important re - statement , correcting Macaulay's ... ESSAYS , by B. H. Bronson . Cambridge ( 1944 ) . JOHNSONIAN AND OTHER ESSAYS AND REVIEWS , by R. W. Chapman . Oxford ...
... ESSAYS ON JOHNSON , by Sir W. Raleigh . Oxford ( 1910 ) . [ An important re - statement , correcting Macaulay's ... ESSAYS , by B. H. Bronson . Cambridge ( 1944 ) . JOHNSONIAN AND OTHER ESSAYS AND REVIEWS , by R. W. Chapman . Oxford ...
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