Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... Beauty of its environs . Roman antiquities 57 7. From Mr. WEST . His wishes to accompany his friend . His retired Address to his Lyre , in Latin Sapphics , on the Gray's return life in London . prospect of Mr. 8. To his MOTHER . Lyons ...
... Beauty of its environs . Roman antiquities 57 7. From Mr. WEST . His wishes to accompany his friend . His retired Address to his Lyre , in Latin Sapphics , on the Gray's return life in London . prospect of Mr. 8. To his MOTHER . Lyons ...
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... Beauty and rich- ness of Lombardy Page · 74 . 76 14. To his MOTHER . The Appennines . Florence and its Gallery 15. To Mr. WEST . Journey from Genoa to Florence . Elegiac verses occasioned by the sight of the plains where the battle of ...
... Beauty and rich- ness of Lombardy Page · 74 . 76 14. To his MOTHER . The Appennines . Florence and its Gallery 15. To Mr. WEST . Journey from Genoa to Florence . Elegiac verses occasioned by the sight of the plains where the battle of ...
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... beauty from that very circumstance , but he ought to have introduced it by Mr. Pope's own thought , " Youth is a betrayer ; " his couplet preceding the simile conveys too general a reflection . " I am not at all uneasy at the thought ...
... beauty from that very circumstance , but he ought to have introduced it by Mr. Pope's own thought , " Youth is a betrayer ; " his couplet preceding the simile conveys too general a reflection . " I am not at all uneasy at the thought ...
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... beauty , resembling an ill - shaped chariot , only with the door opening before instead of the side ; three horses draw it , one between the shafts , and the other two on each side , on one of which the postillion rides , and drives too ...
... beauty , resembling an ill - shaped chariot , only with the door opening before instead of the side ; three horses draw it , one between the shafts , and the other two on each side , on one of which the postillion rides , and drives too ...
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... beauty of the stone and sculpture upon it ( representing the mys- teries of Bacchus ) are beyond expression admira- ble ; we have dreamed of it ever since . The jolly old Benedictine , that shewed us the treasures , had in his youth ...
... beauty of the stone and sculpture upon it ( representing the mys- teries of Bacchus ) are beyond expression admira- ble ; we have dreamed of it ever since . The jolly old Benedictine , that shewed us the treasures , had in his youth ...
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