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This Cradock was a young gentleman / of fortune of Leicestershire an amateur / author having translated an of Voltaire / tragedy [^ of ??-Zob–?] and an amateur actor, [pleased] / to be called “little Cradock” as it associa–xx? / [associated?assimilated?] him to “little Garrick” Gold- / smith write a prologue for his tragedy / and Cradock in return set best [^ to ?-excise?] / [^ Goldsmiths] Threnodia Augustalis , a lament on the / death of the Princess Dowager of Wales, / [^ who died in February 1772] to ??-xx / It was an occasional piece, / brought out written in great haste, but /
with some go passages and brought out / anonymously, but yet not without / considerable merit.
Boswell [^ on returning to town] arriving in town from L-??-/ land was astonished and almost an- / noyed at the increased celebrity of Goldsmith [page torn] / “he said he [le?] [I-??] [^ in the course of their ??-sih Tour] “Goldsmith ha - [page torn] / acquired more fame than all the office-[page torn] / last war, who were not Generals!” “Why, ?-[page torn] / answered [I-??] you will find then thousand / fit to do what they did, before you find one / who does what Goldsmith has done. [One?] must / consider what a thing is valued according / to its rarity. A pebble that paves the street / is in itself more useful than the diamond / upon a ladies finger.”
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Irving Manuscript CollectionArchive Items Details
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Washington Irving (1783-1859)Date(s) of Creation
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“Oliver Goldsmith”, “George Colman”, Cradock, Garrick, Boswell, Le [I–??], Leicestershire, Oliver Goldsmith’s “Threnodia Augustalis” (poem), rarity of Goldsmith's talentsOther Names and Numbers
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W 136
