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Creator
Date
1778?
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
1 leaf
Language
English
Size
23 x 19 cm
Genre
Literary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 232881
Folger call number: Y.d.1089 (5)
Folger holdings ID: 281407
Accession Number: 265177
Folger call number: Y.d.1089 (5)
Folger holdings ID: 281407
Accession Number: 265177
Summary
Poem by William Cadogan on David Garrick and William Shakespeare, in which he calls Garrick "high priest of Shakespeare" but insists "All is not gold in Shakespear's page, / Howe'er you pass it on the stage." Endorsed twice by David Garrick: "Dr. Cadogan's verses in answer to mine" and "Dr. Cadogan contra Shakespear in ansr. to my lines."
Notes
General notes
This poem was probably a response to G-k to Dr. Cadogan on his abuse of Shakespeare, 1778? (Knapp 64). Copies of both poems appear in Folger W.b.464, fol. 54-55 Title from first line
Also known as
Extended title: On India's coast a pagod stands 1778?
Related names
author: Cadogan, William, 1711-1797
subject: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616