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THE

HISTORY

O F

ENGLISH POETRY,

FROM THE

CLOSE of the ELEVENTH

то THE

COMMENCEMENT of the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

TWO DISSERTATIO N S.

I. ON THE ORIGIN OF ROMANTIC FICTION IN EUROPE.
II. ON THE INTRODUCTION OF LEARNING INTO ENGLAND.

VOLUME THE FIRS T.

By

THOMAS

WARTON,

B. D.

FELLOW of TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD, and of the SOCIETY of Antiquaries.

LONDON:

Printed for, and fold by J. DODSLEY, Pall Mall; J. WALTER, Charing Crofs; T. BECKET,
Strand; J. ROBSON, New Bond-Street; G. ROBINSON, and J. BEw, Pater-nofter-Row;
and Meffrs. FLETCHER, at Oxford.

M.DCC.LXXIV.

+

GEORGE

DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH,

MARQUIS OF BLANDFOR D,

KNIGHT OF THE

MOST NOBLE ORDER of the GARTER,

A JUDGE AND A PATRON

OF THE

POLITE ARTS,

THIS WORK IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED

By his Grace's most obliged,

And moft obedient Servant,

THOMAS WARTON.