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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The majority of the roles will be based in Samlesbury and Warton in Lancashire and Barrow in Cumbria.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2022
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
It happened from one cause and another that Warton was in an half-irritable, half-excited humour—when it’s a relief to do anything.
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.
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