Note 147 — Chapter V · ARCHAISM IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY POETRY
Reading edition
Among the last examples was Beattie’s “Minstrel” (1771-74), which occasioned some of Gray’s dicta on the use of archaic and obsolete words.
Reading edition
Among the last examples was Beattie’s “Minstrel” (1771-74), which occasioned some of Gray’s dicta on the use of archaic and obsolete words.