Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Impelled by feelings of the sincerest regard for your great and continued Support since my commencement in Business , I have been anxious to testify my grati tude in a manner not unworthy your acceptance : -and I indulge a hope , that ...
Impelled by feelings of the sincerest regard for your great and continued Support since my commencement in Business , I have been anxious to testify my grati tude in a manner not unworthy your acceptance : -and I indulge a hope , that ...
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To these I address them ; in the pleasing hope that they may prompt them to emulate their elegant simplicity , and , of course , to study with more care the classic models from which it was derived . If they do this , I shall not be ...
To these I address them ; in the pleasing hope that they may prompt them to emulate their elegant simplicity , and , of course , to study with more care the classic models from which it was derived . If they do this , I shall not be ...
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I hope this will have better success in behalf of your quondam school - fellow ; in behalf of one who has walked hand in hand with you , like the two children in the wood , Through many a flowery path and shelly grot , Where learning ...
I hope this will have better success in behalf of your quondam school - fellow ; in behalf of one who has walked hand in hand with you , like the two children in the wood , Through many a flowery path and shelly grot , Where learning ...
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In one of these hours I hope , dear sir , you will sometimes think of me , write to me , and know me yours , ̓Εξαύδα , μὴ κεῦθε νόῳ , ἵνα εἴδομεν ἄμφω that is , write freely to me and openly , as I do to you ; and , to give you a proof ...
In one of these hours I hope , dear sir , you will sometimes think of me , write to me , and know me yours , ̓Εξαύδα , μὴ κεῦθε νόῳ , ἵνα εἴδομεν ἄμφω that is , write freely to me and openly , as I do to you ; and , to give you a proof ...
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... my friends at Cambridge , not to divert them , for it cannot , but merely to shew them how sincere I was when sick : I hope my sending it to them now may convince them I am no less sincere , though perhaps more simple , when well .
... my friends at Cambridge , not to divert them , for it cannot , but merely to shew them how sincere I was when sick : I hope my sending it to them now may convince them I am no less sincere , though perhaps more simple , when well .
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| Title | Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
| Authors | Thomas Gray, William Mason |
| Editor | William Mason |
| Publisher | J. F. Dove, 1820 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 26 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 527 pages |
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