Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 77
Page i
... spirits . Lady Walpole's death , and his concern for Mr. H. Walpole • 9. To Mr. WALPOLE . How he spends his own time in the country . Meets with Mr. Southern , the dramatic poet 10. To Mr. WALPOLE . Supposed manner in which Mr. Walpole ...
... spirits . Lady Walpole's death , and his concern for Mr. H. Walpole • 9. To Mr. WALPOLE . How he spends his own time in the country . Meets with Mr. Southern , the dramatic poet 10. To Mr. WALPOLE . Supposed manner in which Mr. Walpole ...
Page iii
... inhabitants of Tuscany dissatisfied with the government • • 30. To Mr. WEST . The time of his departure from Florence determined . 108 110 114 116 Alteration in his temper and spirits . Difference between an ( iii ) 20.
... inhabitants of Tuscany dissatisfied with the government • • 30. To Mr. WEST . The time of his departure from Florence determined . 108 110 114 116 Alteration in his temper and spirits . Difference between an ( iii ) 20.
Page iv
... spirits . Difference between an Italian fair and an English one . A farewell to Florence and its prospects , in Latin hexameters . Imitation , in the same language , of an Italian sonnet • Page . 118 Account of Mr. Gray's return home ...
... spirits . Difference between an Italian fair and an English one . A farewell to Florence and its prospects , in Latin hexameters . Imitation , in the same language , of an Italian sonnet • Page . 118 Account of Mr. Gray's return home ...
Page 8
... pleasing moral from his pointed wit . arranging these papers , a part of the letters which ( 8 ) To Mr WEST Thanks him for his poetical epistle Complains low spirits Lady Walpole's death, and his concern for Mr Walpole.
... pleasing moral from his pointed wit . arranging these papers , a part of the letters which ( 8 ) To Mr WEST Thanks him for his poetical epistle Complains low spirits Lady Walpole's death, and his concern for Mr Walpole.
Page 15
... spirit was then on the decline , it was not extinguished till after the year 1745. But we see ( as was natural enough in a young man ) he laid the blame rather on the mode of education than the mode of the times ; and to this error ...
... spirit was then on the decline , it was not extinguished till after the year 1745. But we see ( as was natural enough in a young man ) he laid the blame rather on the mode of education than the mode of the times ; and to this error ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admire Agrippina Anicetus antiquity appear beauty believe called Cambridge Caractacus castle church death Duke Dunciad Elegy Elfrida eyes Florence give Gothic Gothic architecture grace Grande Chartreuse GRAY TO DR Gray's hæc hand hear heart hexameters hill honour hope house of York imagine IMITATION insert Italy Keswick King lady lake LETTER lines live Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner MASON Massinissa mean miles mind mother mountains never night o'er Odin opinion passed perhaps Petrarch Pindar pleasure poem poet poetry Pope published quæ racter reader rise river road Rome round scene seems seen shew side Sir William Williams Skiddaw spirit stanza sure Syphax Tacitus taste tell thing thought Tibullus tion town vale verse Walpole WEST WHARTON wish wood write written