Note 437 — PART THE SECOND. (continued 10)
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This essay contributed very much to establish the literary character of Mrs. Montagu, as a woman of taste and learning, and to vindicate Shakspeare from the sallies of the wit of Voltaire, who comprehended his genius as little as the immortal poem of the "Paradise Lost." It is well known how Young replied to his frivolous raillery on the latter work:—
"Thou art so witty, profligate, and thin, At once we think thee Milton's Death and Sin."