tleman of Oxford. 8vo. 1756. The name of this doughty reformer, fhrouding himself under a fictitious title, was Green. See Farmer's Effay on the Learning of Shakspeare, 3d edit. p. 27. Of this New Verfion only the first book appeared. The performance indeed is a most striking example of vanity and abfurdity united. XIII. Tanevot, a learned Frenchman, has been supposed to be indebted to Milton in his tragedy of Adam and Eve, which is published with his other works in 1765. See Nouv. Dict. Hift. à Caen. Tanevot, (Alexandre.) XIV. Comus, A Mafk. Altered from Milton. By George Colman, Efq. 8vo. 1772. This alteration alfo has been frequently reprinted, and is the Comus which now preferves its place upon the Stage.

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