*p1768 03 09 cg Samson. ^As17680219^.*m1768 03 09 cg ^As17680219^.*c1768 03 09 cg By Command of $their Majesties=. Published <i>Animadversions on Mr Colman's True State etc.</i>, with some remarks on his little serious piece, <i>The Oxonian in Town</i> (20 pp.). [Criticizes the play as having a bad influence on the young, with its characters of whores, bawds and pickpockets. Did our author flatter himself that he could wipe out these rooted impressions with a cold moral sentence uttered by the mouth of a woman of pleasure, and perhaps never reaching the ears of one half of the audience from the variety of noises which accompany the finishing speech of every play?" Concludes: "The reputation of our Universities is a national concern of the highest and most sacred importance....I blush when I see academical characters brought upon the stage, but I burn when I see them lampooned."] House Charges: #35 (Account Book).