The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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Page iv
... scene of Agrippina 123 126 · 126 The plan , dramatis personæ , and all the speeches which Mr. Gray wrote of that tragedy , inserted · 130 3. From Mr. WEST . Criticism on his friend's tragic style . Latin hexa- meters on his own cough ...
... scene of Agrippina 123 126 · 126 The plan , dramatis personæ , and all the speeches which Mr. Gray wrote of that tragedy , inserted · 130 3. From Mr. WEST . Criticism on his friend's tragic style . Latin hexa- meters on his own cough ...
Page 39
... scene in Pastor Fido that begins , Care selve beati . * Sept. 1738 . LETTER XVIII . MR . WEST TO MR . GRAY . I THANK you again and again for your two last most agreeable letters . They could not have come more a - propos ; I was without ...
... scene in Pastor Fido that begins , Care selve beati . * Sept. 1738 . LETTER XVIII . MR . WEST TO MR . GRAY . I THANK you again and again for your two last most agreeable letters . They could not have come more a - propos ; I was without ...
Page 48
... scenes . The first represents the chaos , and by degrees the separation of the ele- ments . The second , the temple of Jupiter , and the giving of the box to Pandora . The third , the open- ing of the box , and all the mischiefs that ...
... scenes . The first represents the chaos , and by degrees the separation of the ele- ments . The second , the temple of Jupiter , and the giving of the box to Pandora . The third , the open- ing of the box , and all the mischiefs that ...
Page 62
... the mountains on each side , concurs to form one of the most solemn , the most ro- mantic , and the most astonishing scenes I ever be- held add to this the strange views made by the craggs and cliffs on the other hand ; the cascades ( 62 )
... the mountains on each side , concurs to form one of the most solemn , the most ro- mantic , and the most astonishing scenes I ever be- held add to this the strange views made by the craggs and cliffs on the other hand ; the cascades ( 62 )
Page 68
... scene , none of them at all came up to it . We were but five hours in per- forming the whole , from which you may judge of the rapidity of the men's motion . We are now got into Piedmont , and stopped a little while at La Ferriere , a ...
... scene , none of them at all came up to it . We were but five hours in per- forming the whole , from which you may judge of the rapidity of the men's motion . We are now got into Piedmont , and stopped a little while at La Ferriere , a ...
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