Warton

/ (ˈwɔːtən) /

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noun

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)

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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How to use Warton in a sentence

From The MEN:Hadfield-Hyde, of Warton Street, Lytham St Annes, claimed she had been ordered to strip off by a guard.
British Aristocrat and Friend Strip Topless In Airport Security Protest, Captured on CCTV|Tom Sykes|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Warton calmly observes: 'there is not a syllable of these songs and singers of Lorraine in the French.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
For examples of walls or ceilings being painted with various subjects, see Warton's Hist.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
These questions I heard proposed in a company of literati, when I inquired concerning this design of Warton.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2)|John Hill Burton

Mr. Thomas Warton observed, "they may have been written by Walpole, and buckramed by Mason."
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,|Samuel Felton
He identified Rockton and Warton, but not the other two who had formed the group near his berth, on his first visit to the deck.
Stand By The Union|Oliver Optic