''The Connoisseur'' (by Mr. Town seud. Critic, and Censor-General. 2 vols. 140 nos. (31 January 1754 – 30 September 1756)), was a

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weekly eighteenth century

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founded and chiefly run by

George Colman the Elder George Colman (April 1732 – 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called "the Elder", and sometimes "George the First", to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger. He also owned a theatre. Early life H ...

and the parodist

Bonnell Thornton Bonnell Thornton (1725–1768) was an English poet, essayist, and critic. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1747. In 1752 Thornton founded the ''Drury Lane Journal'', a satirical periodi ...

as a 'plebeian' counterpart to Edward Moore's ''The World'', a periodical of about the same time, which dealt more with the interests of aristocrats.

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 (New Style, N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the Englis ...

says in his ''Life of

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