The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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Page 12
... pleased that you care about me . You need not doubt , therefore , of hạv- ing a first row in the front box of my little heart , and I believe you are not in danger of being crouded there ; it is asking you to an old play , in- deed ...
... pleased that you care about me . You need not doubt , therefore , of hạv- ing a first row in the front box of my little heart , and I believe you are not in danger of being crouded there ; it is asking you to an old play , in- deed ...
Page 14
... pleased me best . Methinks the college bards have run into a strange taste on this occasion . Such soft , un- meaning stuff about Venus and Cupid , and Peleus and Thetis , and Zephyrs and Dryads , was never read . As for my poor little ...
... pleased me best . Methinks the college bards have run into a strange taste on this occasion . Such soft , un- meaning stuff about Venus and Cupid , and Peleus and Thetis , and Zephyrs and Dryads , was never read . As for my poor little ...
Page 18
... pleased me much ; but Oxford , I can as- sure you , has her owls that match yours , and the prophecy has certainly a squint that way . Well , you are leaving this dismal land of bondage , and which way are you turning your face ? Your ...
... pleased me much ; but Oxford , I can as- sure you , has her owls that match yours , and the prophecy has certainly a squint that way . Well , you are leaving this dismal land of bondage , and which way are you turning your face ? Your ...
Page 37
... pleased to ask after ) are much like those of a pendulum or ( Dr. Longically † speaking ) oscillatory . I swing from chapel or hall home , and from home to chapel or hall . All the strange incidents that happen in my journies and ...
... pleased to ask after ) are much like those of a pendulum or ( Dr. Longically † speaking ) oscillatory . I swing from chapel or hall home , and from home to chapel or hall . All the strange incidents that happen in my journies and ...
Page 43
... pleased every body mighty well , except myself , who was extremely sick the whole time : we reached Calais by five : The weather changed , and it began to snow hard the minute we came * In justice to the memory of so respectable a ...
... pleased every body mighty well , except myself , who was extremely sick the whole time : we reached Calais by five : The weather changed , and it began to snow hard the minute we came * In justice to the memory of so respectable a ...
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