Ok, here's the quote about the song "We're All Dodging" from the book "Coppin the Great" by Alec Bagot. It's at the bottom of page 180, where Coppin is performing at the Queens Theatre in Melbourne. It is around 1853 (the exact year isn't given although the day of the week is).
The characters played by Coppin are given and then:
"....and Demosthenes Dodge in "The Artful Dodger", 'In this piece', the usually unenthusiastic reporter of the "Argus" recorded, 'his song "We're all Dodging" evoked tumultuous plaudits.'...."
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