Warton
Britishnoun
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Joseph. 1722–1800, British poet and critic, noted for his poem The Enthusiast (1744) and his Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756)
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his brother Thomas . 1728–90, poet laureate (1785–90); author of the poem The Pleasures of Melancholy (1747) and the first History of English Poetry (1774–81)
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Now a principal technologist at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire, he joined the business as an apprentice electronics engineer in 1990.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
Warton Leung, who did not intend to vote in Sunday’s election, said that the lack of choice in candidates dampened enthusiasm for voting.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
She became a fellow there in 1948, teaching at St Anne’s College, and married John Bayley, who became Warton professor of English in 1974.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2019
The Age of Innocence A mini-marathon of films set in the Gilded Age gets underway with director Martin Scorsese’s 1993 period drama based on the Edith Warton novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2018
Presently, however, he appeared to get irritated too by something some one else said, and it ended by his first doubling the bet, and then laying Warton three fifties to two against his horse.
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Dalrymple J. Belgrave
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