The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... night last . Forgive me if the thought of what my poor Horace must feel , on that account , obliges me to have done in re- minding you that I am London , Aug. 22 , 1737 . Yours , & c . LETTER IX . MR . GRAY TO MR . WALPOLE . I WAS ...
... night last . Forgive me if the thought of what my poor Horace must feel , on that account , obliges me to have done in re- minding you that I am London , Aug. 22 , 1737 . Yours , & c . LETTER IX . MR . GRAY TO MR . WALPOLE . I WAS ...
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... not the way : Next day go to dine at my Lord Holdernesse's ; there was the Abbé Prevôt , author of the Cleveland , and several other pieces much esteemed : the rest were English . · At night we went to the Pandore ; a ( 47 )
... not the way : Next day go to dine at my Lord Holdernesse's ; there was the Abbé Prevôt , author of the Cleveland , and several other pieces much esteemed : the rest were English . · At night we went to the Pandore ; a ( 47 )
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Thomas Gray. · At night we went to the Pandore ; a spectacle lite- rally , for it is nothing but a beautiful piece of ma- chinery of three scenes . The first represents the chaos , and by degrees the separation of the ele- ments . The ...
Thomas Gray. · At night we went to the Pandore ; a spectacle lite- rally , for it is nothing but a beautiful piece of ma- chinery of three scenes . The first represents the chaos , and by degrees the separation of the ele- ments . The ...
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... night - cap , call for your jack - boots , and set out with me , last Saturday evening , for Versailles- and at eight o'clock passing through a road speckled with vines , and villas , and hares , and partridges , we arrive at the great ...
... night - cap , call for your jack - boots , and set out with me , last Saturday evening , for Versailles- and at eight o'clock passing through a road speckled with vines , and villas , and hares , and partridges , we arrive at the great ...
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... night before last the road we have passed through has been extremely agreeable ; it runs through the most fertile part of Champaigne by the side of the river Marne , with a chain of hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered ...
... night before last the road we have passed through has been extremely agreeable ; it runs through the most fertile part of Champaigne by the side of the river Marne , with a chain of hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered ...
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