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highly abſurd; yet it may be preſumed there are ſome ſubjects on which it may be uſed with advantage. But not to enter upon any formal defence, the Author will only ſay, That the fulneſs and wantonneſs of deſcription, the quaint ſimplicity, and above all, the ludicrous, of which the antique phraſeology and manner of Spenſer are so happily and peculiarly ſuſceptible, inclined him to eſteem it not ſolely as the beſt, but the only mode of compoſition adapted to his ſubject.
