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<p> A set of English sentimental poetasters, the leaders of them hailing from Florence, that appeared in [[England]] towards the close of the 18th century, and that for a time imposed on many by their extravagant panegyrics of one another, the founder of the set being one [[Robert]] Merry, who signed himself <i> Della Crusca </i> ; he first announced himself by a sonnet to Love, in praise of which Anne [[Matilda]] wrote an incomparable piece of nonsense; "this epidemic spread for a term from fool to fool," but was soon exposed and laughed out of existence. </p> | <p> A set of English sentimental poetasters, the leaders of them hailing from Florence, that appeared in [[England]] towards the close of the 18th century, and that for a time imposed on many by their extravagant panegyrics of one another, the founder of the set being one [[Robert]] Merry, who signed himself <i> Della Crusca </i> ; he first announced himself by a sonnet to Love, in praise of which Anne [[Matilda]] wrote an incomparable piece of nonsense; "this epidemic spread for a term from fool to fool," but was soon exposed and laughed out of existence. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_71688"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/delia+cruscans Delia Cruscans from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71688"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/delia+cruscans Delia Cruscans from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:12, 15 October 2021
Delia Cruscans [1]
A set of English sentimental poetasters, the leaders of them hailing from Florence, that appeared in England towards the close of the 18th century, and that for a time imposed on many by their extravagant panegyrics of one another, the founder of the set being one Robert Merry, who signed himself Della Crusca ; he first announced himself by a sonnet to Love, in praise of which Anne Matilda wrote an incomparable piece of nonsense; "this epidemic spread for a term from fool to fool," but was soon exposed and laughed out of existence.
