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in 1822 with "An
Account of the Life and Writings of Mr John House," which also appeared separately in the same year, but several of his smaller poems seem to have escaped the editor's observation. These are: "The Fate of Caesar", "Verses upon Inveraray", "Epistle to the Earl of Eglintoun", "Prologue
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After five years, he completed his play and took it to London for
Garrick's opinion. It was rejected, but on his return to Edinburgh his friends resolved that it should be produced there. It was performed on 14 December 1756 with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the
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to answer for having attended its representation. Home resigned his charge in 1757, after a visit to London, where
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held aloof from the general enthusiasm, and averred that there were not ten good lines in the whole play.
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Birthday of the Prince of Wales, 1759" and several "Epigrams", which are printed in vol. ii. of
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