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Newspaper
North Briton
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 30, 1762
Page
4
The article defends Scottish literary merit while lampooning English institutions. It notes poets place nobles’ names on copies, warns readers against perceived prejudice, and promises forthcoming pieces praising Scottish poetry as superior to English in various respects.
A satirical verse laments poetry professors who chase vague fame and fail to reach Parnassus while critics compare them to fine horses. The speaker mocks academic excesses, pedantry, and pretentious methods, preferring vivid Greek and Roman imagery and noting how talent is overshadowed by showy, impractical rhetoric.
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