Here lies David Garrick. ‘The sum of all that can be said for and against Mr. Garrick, some people think, may be found in these lines of Goldsmith,’ writes Davies in his _Life of Garrick_, 2nd ed., 1780, ii. 159. Posterity has been less hesitating in its verdict. ‘The lines on Garrick,’ says Forster, _Life of Goldsmith_, 1871, ii. 409, ‘are quite perfect writing. Without anger, the satire is finished, keen, and uncompromising; the wit is adorned by most discriminating praise; and the truth is only the more unsparing for its exquisite good manners and good taste.’ Ye Kenricks. See note to line 86. ye Kellys. Hugh Kelly (1739–1777), an Irishman, the author of _False Delicacy_, 1768; _A Word to the Wise_, 1770; _The School for Wives_, 1774, and other _sentimental dramas,_ is here referred to. His first play, which is described in Garrick’s prologue as a ‘Sermon,’ ‘preach’d in Acts,’ was produced at Drury Lane just six days before Goldsmith’s comedy of _The Good Natur’d Man_ appeared at Covent Garden, and obtained a success which it ill deserved. _False Delicacy_—said Johnson truly (Birkbeck Hill’s _ Boswell_, 1887, ii. 48)—‘was totally void of character,’—a crushing accusation to make against a drama. But Garrick, for his private ends, had taken up Kelly as a rival to Goldsmith; and the _comédie sérieuse_ or _ larmoyante_ of La Chaussée, Sedaine, and Diderot had already found votaries in England. _False Delicacy_, weak, washy, and invertebrate as it was, completed the transformation of ‘genteel’ into ‘sentimental’ comedy, and establishing that _genre_ for the next few years, effectually retarded the wholesome reaction towards humour and character which Goldsmith had tried to promote by _The Good Natur’d Man_. (See note to l. 66.) Woodfalls. ‘William Woodfall’—says Bolton Corney—‘successively editor of _The London Packet_ and _The Morning Chronicle_, was matchless as a reporter of speeches, and an able theatrical critic. He made lofty pretensions to editorial impartiality—but the actor [i.e. Garrick] was not _ always_ satisfied.’ He died in 1803. He must not be confounded with Henry Sampson Woodfall, the editor of Junius’s _ Letters_. (See note to l. 162.) To act as an angel. There is a sub-ironic touch in this phrase which should not be overlooked. Cf. l. 102. Here Hickey reclines. See note to l. 15. In Cumberland’s _Poetical Epistle to Dr. Goldsmith; or Supplement to his Retaliation_ (_Gentleman’s Magazine_, Aug. 1778, p. 384) Hickey’s genial qualities are thus referred to:— Give RIDGE and HICKY, generous souls! Of WHISKEY PUNCH convivial bowls.