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22081	Canning, George	Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William Wagstaffe; The Knave of Hearts, 1787, by George Canning			.txt	text/plain	12848	860	75	Joseph Addison's enthusiasm for ballad poetry (_Spectators_ 70, 74, 85) The feelings expressed in Addison's essays on the ballads were part of His _Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb_ appeared in _Tragedy of Tragedies or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great with and proper Epic Poem_," having as "good right to that title, from its first Lines, and here our Author draws the Character of his Hero, and Demonstration to me that our Poet liv'd about that Age. It is asserted very positively in the later Editions of this Poem, that of _Virgil_, and tho' we can't suppose our Poet ever saw that Author, At the same time our Poet shews a laudable Partiality for his Hero, he Poem; that a Hero ought to be all that is great and good. heroes of the Poem." _Scriblerus_, though a man of learning, and	./cache/22081.txt	./txt/22081.txt