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THE

HISTORY

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ENGLISH POETRY,

FROM THE

CLOSE of the ELEVENTH

ΤΟ THE

COMMENCEMENT of the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

TWO DISSERTATION S.

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

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By

THOMAS WARTON, B. D.

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD, and of the SOCIETY of ANTIQUARIES, and
late PROFESSOR of POETRY in the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD.

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.LXXV.

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