11. Milton's Paradife Loft imitated in rhyme. In the fourth, fixth, and ninth books; containing The Primitive Loves, The Battle of the Angels, The Fall of Man. By Mr. John Hopkins. Lond. 8vo. 1699. This rhymift opens his Preface thus: "It has been the misfortune of one of my name to affront the facred profe of David with intollerable rhyme; and 'tis mine, I fear, to have abus'd allmost as facred verfe!"-I am clearly of opinion, from a perusal of these rhymes, that John Hopkins is a true defcendant of the original John Hopkins, and the worthy heir of his poetical fame. He was partly induced to put Milton into rhyme, according to his intimation in the Preface, in order to oblige the ladies! 111. A Paraphrafe in verfe, on part of the first book of Milton's Paradife Loft, by W. Howard. 4to. London. Printed for the author, 1738. The title-page was varied. For the author, an aged and infirm man, in order to relieve his wants, circulated his paraphrafe by printing on every title-page an addrefs to fome diftinguished perfon. My copy is inferibed to the Dutchefs of Bolton. IV. Comus, a Mask. Now adapted to the Stage. As altered from Milton's Mafk. By Dr. Dalton. Lond. 12mo. 1735. This judicious and elegant alteration has been often reprinted, both in 12mo. and in 8vo. It was received with the highest applaufe on its firft reprefentation. The Songs were fet to mufick by Dr. Arne. v. Sabrina, an Opera, Ital. and Eng. (the bafis of which is profeffed to be the Mask of Comus) by Paul Rolli, 12mo. Lond. 1737. VI. Le Paradis Terreftre. Imité de Milton. Divertiffement spirituel en un Acte. Exécuté par l'Academie de Mufique de Poitiers, le 23 de Mars 1736. See Oeuvres Mélées de M. l'Abbé Nadal, Paris. 1788. VII. L'Allegro and Il Penferofo, with a third part, entitled Moderation, adapted to Handel's Mufick, 1739. VIII. Par. Loft, attempted in rhime, Book 1. 8vo. Lond. 1740. By A. Jackfon, Bookfeller in Clare-Court, Drury Lane. 1x. Samfon, altered, with the admiffion of many paffages from Milton's early poems, and adapted to Handel's Mufick, 1742. x. The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: Defcribed in Milton's Par. Loft. Render'd into profe. With Notes &c. From the French of Raymond de St. Maur. By a Gentleman of Oxford. Lond. Printed for Osborne, 1745. 8vo. Mr. Steevens ridicules Ofborne for this publication, as being ignorant in what form or language our Paradife Loft was written. Shakspeare, vol. i. p. 72. edit. 1793. XI. Le Paradis Terreftre. Poeme Imité de Milton, en vi chants. Par Madame du Bocage. 8vo. Lond. 1748. XII. There is, in French alfo, La Chriftiade ou Le Paradis Reconquis, pour fervir de fuite au Paradis Perdu de Milton. With a large Difcours Preliminaire. In fix volumes, à Bruxelles, (or rather at Paris,) 1753. XIII. A New Verfion of Paradife Loft, &c. In which the measure and verfification are corrected and harmonised; the obfcurities elucidated; and the faults, which the author ftands accused of by Addifon and other of the criticks, are removed. With annotations on the original text, to shew the reasonableness of this new Verfion!! By a Gentleman of Oxford. 8vo. 1756. The name of this doughty reformer, shrouding 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 ftriking example of vanity and abfurdity united. XIV. 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.) xv. The Recovery of Man, or Milton's Paradife Regained, in Profe. After the manner of the Archbishop of Cambray, author of Telemachus. To which is prefixed the life of the Author. 12mo. f. l. 1771. P 9 XVI. 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. XVII. Adam, or the Fatal Difobedience. An Oratorio. In Detached Pieces of Criticifm relating to Milton, his editors, &c. 1. Annotations on Milton's Paradife Loft. Wherein the texts of Sacred Writ, relating to the Poem, are quoted; the parallel places and imitations of the most excellent Homer, and Virgil, cited and compared; all the obscure parts render'd in phrafes more familiar; the old and obfolete words, with their Originals, explain'd and made easie to the English reader. By P[atrick] H[ume.] DomoiŃtns. Lond. Fol. 1695. [Ufually, but not always, fubjoined to Tonfon's edit. of 1695.] II. Milton's Sublimity afferted, Lond. 8vo. 1709. printed.] 12mo. London. Printed for Tonfon, 1719. IV. Voltaire's Effay on the epick poetry of the European nations, from Homer down to Milton, Lond. Svo. 1727. v. Remarks upon M. Voltaire's Effay on the epick poetry of the European nations. By Paul Rolli. By Paul Rolli. Lond. Svo. 1728. [This writer is the tranflator of Paradise Loft into Italian verfe. He defends Milton, with confiderable acutenefs, against several of Voltaire's prepofterous criticisms.] VI. Differtation Critique fur le Paradis Perdu Poëme Heroique de Milton, par M. Conftantin de Magny, &c. 12mo. Par. 1729. [See the preceding Lift of French Tranflations, No. III.] VII. Dr. Bentley's Emendations on the twelve books of Milton's Paradife Loft, 12mo. Lond. 1732. VIII. Milton reftor'd, and Bentley depos'd. Containing i. Some obfervations on Dr. Bentley's Preface. ii. His various readings and notes on Paradife Loft, and Milton's text, fet in oppofite columns, with remarks thereon. iii. Paradise Loft, attempted in rime, Book the first, addreffed to Dr. Bentley, from Dean Swift. Numb. 1. Lond. Svo. 1732. [The pretended addrefs to Bentley from Dean Swift is printed in the fecond volume of this edition, p. 281, where a further account of this pamphlet is given. The addrefs is borrowed from Swift's Advice to a Young Poet.] 1x. A friendly Letter to Dr. Bentley. Occafion'd by his new edition of Paradife Loft. By a Gentleman of Chrift-Church College, Oxon. Lond. Svo. 1752. [The author faid to be Dr. Pearce.] x. A Review of the Text of the twelve books of Par. Loft, in which the chief of Dr. Bentley's emendations are confider'd, &c. [First printed in separate parts.] Lond. 1732. [Complete.] Lond. 8vo. 1733. [By Dr. Pearce.] XI. Critical Differtation on Paradife Regained, by the Rev. Mr. Meadowcourt, Prebendary of Worcester. 4to. 1732. Reprinted in 8vo. 1748. Lond. XII. Explanatory Notes and Remarks on Paradife Loft. By J. Richardfon, Father and Son. the Author, and a Difcourfe on the Sen. Lond. 8vo. 1734. With the Life of XIII. Remarks on Spenfer's Poems, and on Milton, Lond. 8vo. 1734. [By Dr. Jortin.] XIV. Remarks on the three firft books of Par. Loft, by Mr. XVI. Explanatory and Critical Notes on divers paffages of XVII. Effay on Milton's imitation of the Ancients, 8vo. 1741. XVIII. A complete Commentary, with etymological, explanatory, critical, and claffical Notes on Par. Loft. By James Paterfon, M. A., and Philologift, Lond. Svo. 1744. XIX. Effay on the Numbers of Par. Loft. By Mr. Samuel Say. Printed with his Poems, 4to. 1745. xx. Lauder's Attack against Milton, in the Gentleman's Magazine for January 1746-7, &c. XXI. Zoilomaftix; or a Vindication of Milton from all the invidious charges of Mr. William Lauder. With fome new Remarks on Paradise Loft. By R. Richardfon, B. A. late of Clare-Hall, Cambridge. 8vo. 1747. XXII. Furius: or a modest Attempt towards an history of the life and surprising exploits of the famous W[illiam] L[auder], Critick and Thief-Catcher, 8vo. 1748, [Said to be written by Mr. Henderfon, a bookfeller.] XXIII. An Effay on Milton's ufe and imitation of the Moderns, in his Par. Loft. By William Lauder. Lond. 8vo. 1750. [With a Preface by Dr. Johnson.] XXIV. Pandæmonium: Or a New infernal Expedition, infcribed to a Being who calls himfelf William Lauder, 4to. 1750. xxv. Milton vindicated from the Charge of Plagiarism, brought against him by Mr. Lauder, and Lauder himself convicted of feveral Forgeries and Impofitions on the Publick. By John Douglas, M. A. Rector of Eton Conftantine, Salop. [Late Lord Bishop of Salisbury.] 8vo. 1750. XXVI. The Preface to the Sea-Piece, a Poem, [containing a defence of Milton against Lauder.] By J. Kirkpatrick, M.D. 8vo. Lond. 1750. XXVII. Criticism on Samfon Agonistes, in the Rambler, No. 139, 140. [Dr. Johnfon.] 1750. XXVIII. Criticism on the Verfification of Milton, in The fame, No. 86, &c. |