The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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Page vii
... Lord Shaftsbury • • 257 A paper of Mr. Gray inserted , relating to an impious position of Lord Bolingbroke 32. To Dr. WHARTON . On the death of his son , and an excuse for not writing an epitaph 33. To Mr. PALGRAVE . · · 260 · · · · 265 ...
... Lord Shaftsbury • • 257 A paper of Mr. Gray inserted , relating to an impious position of Lord Bolingbroke 32. To Dr. WHARTON . On the death of his son , and an excuse for not writing an epitaph 33. To Mr. PALGRAVE . · · 260 · · · · 265 ...
Page viii
... Lord Gray • 321 guson's Essay on 56. To Mr. BEATTIE . On the projected edition of our Author's Poems in England and Scotland . Commendation of Mr. Beattie's Ode on Lord Hay's birth - day 57. To Mr. BEATTIE . Poems · 324 More concerning ...
... Lord Gray • 321 guson's Essay on 56. To Mr. BEATTIE . On the projected edition of our Author's Poems in England and Scotland . Commendation of Mr. Beattie's Ode on Lord Hay's birth - day 57. To Mr. BEATTIE . Poems · 324 More concerning ...
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... Lord Verulam , he forgot that he was a philosopher ; and , therefore , it was to be feared , should he finish that of the Duke of Marlborough , he would forget that he was a general . I shall avoid a like fault . I will promise my ...
... Lord Verulam , he forgot that he was a philosopher ; and , therefore , it was to be feared , should he finish that of the Duke of Marlborough , he would forget that he was a general . I shall avoid a like fault . I will promise my ...
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... Lord Chancellor of Ireland . His grandfather , by the mother , the famous Bishop Burnet . He removed from Eton to Oxford , about the same time that Mr. Gray left that place for Cambridge . Each of them carried with him the reputation of ...
... Lord Chancellor of Ireland . His grandfather , by the mother , the famous Bishop Burnet . He removed from Eton to Oxford , about the same time that Mr. Gray left that place for Cambridge . Each of them carried with him the reputation of ...
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... lord secure of victory . The theatre's green height and woody wall Tremble ere it precipitates its fall , The ponderous mass sinks in the cleaving ground , While vales and woods and echoing hills rebound . As when from Etna's smoaking ...
... lord secure of victory . The theatre's green height and woody wall Tremble ere it precipitates its fall , The ponderous mass sinks in the cleaving ground , While vales and woods and echoing hills rebound . As when from Etna's smoaking ...
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