Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... perhaps no life ever afforded fewer than that which I have undertaken to write . But I am far from mentioning this by way of previous apology , as is the trite custom of biographers . The respect which I owe to my deceased friend , to ...
... perhaps no life ever afforded fewer than that which I have undertaken to write . But I am far from mentioning this by way of previous apology , as is the trite custom of biographers . The respect which I owe to my deceased friend , to ...
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... perhaps it may also al- lude to your habitation , for you know all types may be taken by abundance of handles ; however , I defy your owls to match mine . If the default of your spirits and nerves be no- thing but the effect of the hyp ...
... perhaps it may also al- lude to your habitation , for you know all types may be taken by abundance of handles ; however , I defy your owls to match mine . If the default of your spirits and nerves be no- thing but the effect of the hyp ...
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... perhaps slip a little out of your pocket , as a decayed gen- tlewoman would a piece of right mecklin , or a lit- tle quantity of run tea , but this only now and then , not to make a practice of it . Monsters appertain- ing to this ...
... perhaps slip a little out of your pocket , as a decayed gen- tlewoman would a piece of right mecklin , or a lit- tle quantity of run tea , but this only now and then , not to make a practice of it . Monsters appertain- ing to this ...
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... perhaps more simple , when well . AD AMICOS . * Yes , happy youths , on Camus ' sedgy side You feel each joy that friendship can divide ; Each realm of science and of art explore , And with the ancient blend the modern lore . Studious ...
... perhaps more simple , when well . AD AMICOS . * Yes , happy youths , on Camus ' sedgy side You feel each joy that friendship can divide ; Each realm of science and of art explore , And with the ancient blend the modern lore . Studious ...
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... perhaps you have sometimes heard me speak of before . Give me leave to say , I find no physic comparable to your letters . If , as it is said in Ecclesiasticus , Friendship be the physic of the mind , " prescribe to me , dear Gray , as ...
... perhaps you have sometimes heard me speak of before . Give me leave to say , I find no physic comparable to your letters . If , as it is said in Ecclesiasticus , Friendship be the physic of the mind , " prescribe to me , dear Gray , as ...
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