Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 58
... suppose , it will give you pain to know we are , in being , I take this opportunity to tell you that we are at the ancient and celebrated Lugdunum , a city situated upon the confluence of the Rhône and Saône ( Arar , I should say ) ...
... suppose , it will give you pain to know we are , in being , I take this opportunity to tell you that we are at the ancient and celebrated Lugdunum , a city situated upon the confluence of the Rhône and Saône ( Arar , I should say ) ...
Page 90
... suppose you can see . I did not tell you that a little below the first fall , on the side of the rock , and hanging over that torrent , are little ruins which they shew you for Horace's house , a curious situation to ob- serve the 66 ...
... suppose you can see . I did not tell you that a little below the first fall , on the side of the rock , and hanging over that torrent , are little ruins which they shew you for Horace's house , a curious situation to ob- serve the 66 ...
Page 94
... suppose to be the burying - place of the family , because they do not know whose it can be else . But the vulgar assure you it is the sepulchre of the Curiatii , and by that name ( such is their power ) it goes . One drives to Castel ...
... suppose to be the burying - place of the family , because they do not know whose it can be else . But the vulgar assure you it is the sepulchre of the Curiatii , and by that name ( such is their power ) it goes . One drives to Castel ...
Page 121
... suppose , put you in mind of the man who wrote a Treatise of Canon Law in hexameters . Pray help me to the description of a mixed mode , and a little Epi- sode about Space .. Mr. Walpole and Mr. Gray set out from Florence at the time ...
... suppose , put you in mind of the man who wrote a Treatise of Canon Law in hexameters . Pray help me to the description of a mixed mode , and a little Epi- sode about Space .. Mr. Walpole and Mr. Gray set out from Florence at the time ...
Page 124
... his life followed the profession of the law , but retired from business many years before his death . I suppose he was the uncle mentioned in Letter ix . Sect . I. much time in his travels ; a loss which application ( 124 )
... his life followed the profession of the law , but retired from business many years before his death . I suppose he was the uncle mentioned in Letter ix . Sect . I. much time in his travels ; a loss which application ( 124 )
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