Gesta Romanorum

The history of English poetry , from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed two dissertations. I. On the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe. II. On the Introduction of Learning into England. The second edition. Vol.I. 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.