The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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Page 26
... My comfort amidst all this is , that I have , at the distance of half a mile , through a green lane , a forest ( the vulgar call it a common ) all my own , * At Burnham in Buckinghamshire . at least as good as so , for I spy ( 26 )
... My comfort amidst all this is , that I have , at the distance of half a mile , through a green lane , a forest ( the vulgar call it a common ) all my own , * At Burnham in Buckinghamshire . at least as good as so , for I spy ( 26 )
Page 38
... half a dozen new little procterlings to see its orders executed , being under mighty apprehensions lest Henley * and his gilt tub should come to the fair and seduce their young ones : but their pains are to small purpose ; for lo ...
... half a dozen new little procterlings to see its orders executed , being under mighty apprehensions lest Henley * and his gilt tub should come to the fair and seduce their young ones : but their pains are to small purpose ; for lo ...
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... half before he translated this scene ; and I find amongst his papers an English trans- lation of part of the fourth Canto of Tasso's Gierusalemma Liberata , done pre- viously to this , which has great merit . In a letter to Mr. West ...
... half before he translated this scene ; and I find amongst his papers an English trans- lation of part of the fourth Canto of Tasso's Gierusalemma Liberata , done pre- viously to this , which has great merit . In a letter to Mr. West ...
Page 49
... half , accompanied by an orchestra of hum- strums , and a whole house more attentive than if Farinelli sung , and you will almost have formed a just notion of the thing . * Our astonishment at their absurdity you can never conceive ; we ...
... half , accompanied by an orchestra of hum- strums , and a whole house more attentive than if Farinelli sung , and you will almost have formed a just notion of the thing . * Our astonishment at their absurdity you can never conceive ; we ...
Page 50
... , and hares , and partridges , we arrive at the great avenue , flanked on either hand with a double row of trees about half a mile long , and with the palace itself to terminate the view ; facing which , on each side of you ( 50 )
... , and hares , and partridges , we arrive at the great avenue , flanked on either hand with a double row of trees about half a mile long , and with the palace itself to terminate the view ; facing which , on each side of you ( 50 )
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