The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... appear together , and the fertility of his fancy so intimately unites with the sympathetic tenderness of his soul , that were it in my intention , I should find it impossible to disjoin them . His parents were reputable citizens of ...
... appear together , and the fertility of his fancy so intimately unites with the sympathetic tenderness of his soul , that were it in my intention , I should find it impossible to disjoin them . His parents were reputable citizens of ...
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... appears , at present , with too much distinc- tion in the literary as well as fashionable world , to make it necessary I should enlarge upon this subject ; but as the latter died before he could exert his uncommon abilities , it seems ...
... appears , at present , with too much distinc- tion in the literary as well as fashionable world , to make it necessary I should enlarge upon this subject ; but as the latter died before he could exert his uncommon abilities , it seems ...
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... appear undrest , and in that negligent habit they may be fit to be seen by one or two in a chamber , but not to go abroad in the street . " See Life of Cowley , page 38 , Hurd's Edition . Such readers as believe it incumbent on every ...
... appear undrest , and in that negligent habit they may be fit to be seen by one or two in a chamber , but not to go abroad in the street . " See Life of Cowley , page 38 , Hurd's Edition . Such readers as believe it incumbent on every ...
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... appear under my name . As yet I have not looked into Sir Isaac . Pub- lic disputations I hate ; mathematics I reverence ; history , morality , and natural philosophy have the greatest charms in my eye ; but who can forget poetry ? they ...
... appear under my name . As yet I have not looked into Sir Isaac . Pub- lic disputations I hate ; mathematics I reverence ; history , morality , and natural philosophy have the greatest charms in my eye ; but who can forget poetry ? they ...
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... appear , Would pluck the promise of the vernal year ; Or , ere the grapes their purple hue betray , Tear the crude cluster from the mourning spray . Stern power of Fate , whose ebon sceptre rules The Stygian deserts and Cimmerian pools ...
... appear , Would pluck the promise of the vernal year ; Or , ere the grapes their purple hue betray , Tear the crude cluster from the mourning spray . Stern power of Fate , whose ebon sceptre rules The Stygian deserts and Cimmerian pools ...
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