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Subject: Richard Brinsley Sheridan died (7-7-1816)
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Anglo-Irish playwright (and politician).

Crystal's linguistic point is Sheridan's _The Critic_ (1779) "a parody 
of theatre writing and practices", in which the character Mr.Puff 
describes himself as "a practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more 
plainly, a professor of the art of puffing, at your service."

Just in case this word is not familiar, a puff is/was "a piece of 
inflated or unmerited praise, used to advertise a product, or, in this 
case, to advertise a play." [Crystal]

"an empty or idle boast; bombast, inflation of style, ‘hot air’; vanity, 
pride; showy adornment." [OED, from 1567]

He quotes a long paragraph of Mr Puff puffing himself, claiming that he 
taught the greatest puffers (here - auctioneers) everything they know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan