Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... characterize the man , and distinguish that peculiar part which he acted in the varied drama of society . But this rule , self- evidently right as it may seem , is seldom observed . B It was said , with almost as much truth as.
... characterize the man , and distinguish that peculiar part which he acted in the varied drama of society . But this rule , self- evidently right as it may seem , is seldom observed . B It was said , with almost as much truth as.
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... seems requisite to premise somewhat concerning him ; especially as almost every anecdote which I have to produce , concerning the juvenile part of Mr. Gray's life , is included in his correspondence with this gentle- man : a ...
... seems requisite to premise somewhat concerning him ; especially as almost every anecdote which I have to produce , concerning the juvenile part of Mr. Gray's life , is included in his correspondence with this gentle- man : a ...
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... seems superadded to these , such a manly precision of taste , and maturity of judg- ment , as would induce one to believe Mr. Wal- pole's phrase not very hyperbolical , who has often asserted to me that , " Gray never was a boy . " In ...
... seems superadded to these , such a manly precision of taste , and maturity of judg- ment , as would induce one to believe Mr. Wal- pole's phrase not very hyperbolical , who has often asserted to me that , " Gray never was a boy . " In ...
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... seems to require some lit- tle preface , not so much as it expresses Mr. Gray's juvenile sentiments , concerning the mode of our academical education , as that these sentiments prevailed with him through life , and that he often ...
... seems to require some lit- tle preface , not so much as it expresses Mr. Gray's juvenile sentiments , concerning the mode of our academical education , as that these sentiments prevailed with him through life , and that he often ...
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... seems , know all this and more , and yet I do not know one of them who inspires me with any am- bition of being like him . Surely it was of this place , now Cambridge , but formerly known by the name of Babylon , that the prophet spoke ...
... seems , know all this and more , and yet I do not know one of them who inspires me with any am- bition of being like him . Surely it was of this place , now Cambridge , but formerly known by the name of Babylon , that the prophet spoke ...
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