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Thomas Warton
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“Ye fetted pinnacles, ye fanes sublime, Ye towers that wear the mossy vest of time; Ye massy piles of old munificence, At once the pride of learning and defence; Ye cloisters pale, that, lengthening to the sight, To contemplation, step by step, invite; Ye temples dim, where pious duty pays Her holy hymns of everlasting praise - Hail ! Oxford, hail !”
Thomas Warton (1728–1790) first seen 1749 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Triumph of Isis" (1749).
“O! what's a table richly spread Without a woman at its head!”
Thomas Warton (1728–1790) first seen 1750 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Progress of Discontent" (1750), line 39.
“We are apt to form romantic and exaggerated notions about the moral innocence of our ancestors. Ages of ignorance and simplicity are thought to be ages of purity. The direct contrary, I believe, is the case...In the middle ages, not only the most flagrant violations of modesty were frequently practised and permitted, but the most infamous vices. Men are less ashamed as they are less polished.”
Thomas Warton (1728–1790) first seen 1774 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The History of English Poetry (1774-81) vol. 1, p. 431.
“Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers.”
Thomas Warton (1728–1790) first seen 1777 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sonnet Written in a Blank Leaf of Dugdale's Monasticon" (1777), line 13.
“All human race, from China to Peru, Pleasure, howe’er disguis’d by art, pursue.”
Thomas Warton (1728–1790) said by 1790 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Universal Love of Pleasure, Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let observation with extensive view/ Survey mankind, from China to Peru", Samuel Johnson, Vanity of Human Wishes, Line 1.
“Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers.”
Thomas Warton (1728–1790) said by 1790 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source