See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• WARTON, JOSEPH (1722-1800)
• THOMAS WARTON (1728-1790)
• WARTON, THOMAS (c. 1688-1745)

WARTON (1728-1790)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet-See also:

• LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

laureate and historian of See also:

• POETRY

poetry, younger son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• WARTON, JOSEPH (1722-1800)
• WARTON, THOMAS (1728-1790)
• WARTON, THOMAS (c. 1688-1745)

Warton (see above), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BASINGSTOKE

Basingstoke on the 9th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1728 . He was still more precocious as a poet than his See also:

• BROTHER

brother—translated one of See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

Martial's epigrams at nine, and wrote The Pleasures of See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

Melancholy at seventeen—and he showed exactly the same See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent, See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton and See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser being his favourite poets, though he " did not fail to cultivate his mind with the soft thrillings of the tragic muse " of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare . In a poem written in 1745 he shows the delight in See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic churches and ruined castles which inspired so much of his subsequent See also:

• WORK

work in romantic revival . Most of Warton's poetry, humorous and serious—and the humorous See also:

• MOCK

mock-heroic was better within his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers than serious See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse—was written before the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-three, when he took his M.A. degree and became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of his See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college (Trinity, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford) . Ile did not altogether abandon verse; his sonnets, especially, which are the best of his poems, were written later . But his See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main energies were given to omnivorous poetical See also:

• READING

reading and See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . He was the first to turn to See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval treasures of the Bodleian Library . It was through him, in fact, that the medieval spirit which always lingered in Oxford first began to stir after its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long inaction, and to claim an See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• WORLD

world . Warton, like his brother, entered the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, and held one after another, various livings, but he did not marry . He gave little See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to his clerical duties, and Oxford always remained his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . In 1749 he published an heroic poem in praise of Oxford, The See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

Triumph of See also:

• ISIS (Egyptian Ese)

Isis . He was a very easy and convivial as well as a very learned See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

don, with a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste forpothouses and crowds as well as dim aisles and romances in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter .

The first See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof that he gave of his extraordinarily wide scholarship was in his Observations on the Poetry of Spenser (1754) . Three years later he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of poetry, and held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for ten years, sending 'See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, according to the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, at the beginning of See also:

• TERM

term to inquire whether anybody wished him to lecture . The first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his monumental work, The See also:

• HISTORY

History of English Poetry, appeared . twenty years later, in 1774, the second volume in 1778, and the third in 1781 . A work of such enormous labour and See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research could proceed but slowly, and it was no wonder that Warton flagged in the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of it, and stopped to refresh himself with annotating (1785) the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor poems of Milton, pouring out in this delightful work the accumulated suggestions of See also:

• FORTY

forty years . In 1785 he became See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden professor of history, and was made poet-laureate in the same See also:

• YEAR

year . Among his minor See also:

• WORKS

works were an edition of See also:

• THEOCRITUS

Theocritus, a selection of Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions, the humorous Oxford See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

Companion to the See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide and Guide to the Companion (1762); The Oxford Sausage (1764); an edition of Theocritus (1770); lives of See also:

• SIR

Sir Thomas See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope and See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph See also:

• BATHURST
• BATHURST, EARLS

Bathurst, college benefactors; a History of the Antiquities of Kiddington See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

Parish, of which he held the living (1781); and an Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Poems attributed to Thomas See also:

• ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1585-c. 1642)

Rowley (1782) . His busy and convivial See also:

• LIFE

life was ended by a paralytic stroke in May 1790 . Warton's poems were first collected in 1777, and he was engaged at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• DEATH

death on a corrected edition, which appeared in 1i91, with a memoir by his friend and admirer, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• MANT, RICHARD (1776–1848)

Mant . They were edited in 1822 for the See also:

• BRITISH

British Poets, by S . W . See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

Singer . The History of English Poetry from the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the zzth to the Commencement of the 28th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century, to which are prefixed two See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

Dissertations: I .

On the Origin of Romantic Fiction in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; H . On the Introduction of Learning into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (1774–1781) was only brought down to the close of the 16th century . It was criticized by J . See also:

• RITSON, JOSEPH (r7.52-1803)

Ritson in 1782 in A See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

Familiar Letter to the Author . A new edition came out in 1824, with an elaborate introduction by the editor, Richard See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

Price, who added to the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text comments and emendations from See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Ritson, See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• DOUCE, FRANCIS (1757-1834)

Douce, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• ASHBY, TURNER (1824-1862)

Ashby, Thomas See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park and himself . Another edition of this, stated to be " further improved by the corrections and additions of several eminent antiquaries," appeared in 184o . In 1871 the See also:

• BOOK

book was subjected to a See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical revision by Mr W . C . See also:

• HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830)

Hazlitt . I-Ie cut out passages in which Warton had been led into See also:

• GROSS

gross errors by misreading his authorities or relying on false See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information, and supplied within brackets information on authors or works omitted . Warton's See also:

• MATTER

matter, which was somewhat scattered, although he worked on a See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, was in some cases re-arranged and the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of profuse and often contradictory notes was cut down, although new information was added by the editor and his associates, Sir See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• MADDEN, SIR FREDERIC (1801-1873)

Madden, Thomas See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright, W . Aldis Wright, W .

W . See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat, Richard See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

Morris and F . J . See also:

• FURNIVALL, FREDERICK JAMES (1825-1910)

Furnivall . When all criticism has been allowed for the inaccuracies of Warton's work, and the unsatisfactory nature of his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general plan, the fact remains that his book is still indispensable to the student of English poetry . Moreover, much that may seem See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace in his criticism was entirely fresh and even revolutionary in his own See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Warton directed the attention of readers to See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early English literature, and, in view of the want of texts, rendered inestimable service by transcribing large extracts from early writers . Of the poets of the 16th century he was an extremely sympathetic critic and has not been superseded . See " T . Warton and Machyn's See also:

• DIARY

Diary," by II . E . D .

Blakiston in the English See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (See also:

• APRIL

April 1896) for illustrations of his inaccurate methods .