Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... GRAY , my desire may in some measure be accomplished.What he was as a Poet and a Man has justly entitled him to a laurel lasting as Time itself ; and , Sir , let it not be considered an unmerited enco- mium to remark , that the same ...
... GRAY , my desire may in some measure be accomplished.What he was as a Poet and a Man has justly entitled him to a laurel lasting as Time itself ; and , Sir , let it not be considered an unmerited enco- mium to remark , that the same ...
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With Memoirs of His Life and Writings Thomas Gray, William Mason. CONTENTS . SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . Mr. GRAY's birth . Education at Eton , where he commences a friendship with the Hon . Horace Walpole and Mr. Richard West . Account of ...
With Memoirs of His Life and Writings Thomas Gray, William Mason. CONTENTS . SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . Mr. GRAY's birth . Education at Eton , where he commences a friendship with the Hon . Horace Walpole and Mr. Richard West . Account of ...
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... Gray's Sapphic Ode 39 Short narrative , concluding the Section 41 SECTION II . Connecting narrative . Mr. Gray goes abroad with Mr. Walpole . Corresponds , during his tour , with his parents and Mr. West • 42 1. To his MOTHER . His ...
... Gray's Sapphic Ode 39 Short narrative , concluding the Section 41 SECTION II . Connecting narrative . Mr. Gray goes abroad with Mr. Walpole . Corresponds , during his tour , with his parents and Mr. West • 42 1. To his MOTHER . His ...
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... Gray's return home , and of his second visit to the Grande Chartreuse , where he wrote an Alcaic Ode , which concludes the Section • 121 • 123 SECTION III . Prefatory narrative . Mr. Gray's father dies , and the year after he re- turns ...
... Gray's return home , and of his second visit to the Grande Chartreuse , where he wrote an Alcaic Ode , which concludes the Section • 121 • 123 SECTION III . Prefatory narrative . Mr. Gray's father dies , and the year after he re- turns ...
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... Gray takes his degree in civil law , and makes Cambridge his principal residence for the rest of his life . The ... Gray to write his Long Story . That poem inserted , with notes by the Editor , and prefaced with his idea of Mr. Gray's ...
... Gray takes his degree in civil law , and makes Cambridge his principal residence for the rest of his life . The ... Gray to write his Long Story . That poem inserted , with notes by the Editor , and prefaced with his idea of Mr. Gray's ...
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