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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

George Colman the Younger (1762–1836)

Colman, George, the Younger. An English dramatist and humorous poet; born in London, Oct. 21, 1762; died there, Oct. 17, 1836. ‘The Iron Chest,’ ‘John Bull’ (for which he received an unprecedently large sum), and ‘The Heir-at-Law,’ are most widely known among his racy and rather noisy but most laughable comedies. ‘Broad Grins’ and ‘Poetic Vagaries’ are very amusing rhymes.