The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... soon , and truly and positively , a history † of your own time . * This expression prettily distinguishes their studies when out of the public school , which would naturally , at their age , be vague and desultory . + Alluding to his ...
... soon , and truly and positively , a history † of your own time . * This expression prettily distinguishes their studies when out of the public school , which would naturally , at their age , be vague and desultory . + Alluding to his ...
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... soon weary of this little world : I do not know what * refined friendships * This thought is very juvenile , but perhaps he meant to ridicule the affected manner of Mrs. Rowe's Letters of the Dead to the Living ; a book which was , I ...
... soon weary of this little world : I do not know what * refined friendships * This thought is very juvenile , but perhaps he meant to ridicule the affected manner of Mrs. Rowe's Letters of the Dead to the Living ; a book which was , I ...
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... soon be re- leased from lectures and disputations . It is certain , that Mr. Gray continued at college near two years after the time he wrote the preceding letter . as dear to gentle dulness as a syllogism . But ( 18 )
... soon be re- leased from lectures and disputations . It is certain , that Mr. Gray continued at college near two years after the time he wrote the preceding letter . as dear to gentle dulness as a syllogism . But ( 18 )
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... soon or late , Or aims , or seems to aim , the dart of Fate : From you remote , methinks alone I stand Like some sad exile in a desert land ; Around no friends their lenient care to join In mutual warmth , and mix their heart with mine ...
... soon or late , Or aims , or seems to aim , the dart of Fate : From you remote , methinks alone I stand Like some sad exile in a desert land ; Around no friends their lenient care to join In mutual warmth , and mix their heart with mine ...
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... soon . Dartmouth - street , Feb. 21 , 1737-8 . LETTER XIV . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . * Barbaras ædes aditure mecum , Quas Eris semper fovet inquieta , Lis ubi latè sonat , et togatum Estuat agmen ! Dulcius quanto , patulis sub ulmi ...
... soon . Dartmouth - street , Feb. 21 , 1737-8 . LETTER XIV . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . * Barbaras ædes aditure mecum , Quas Eris semper fovet inquieta , Lis ubi latè sonat , et togatum Estuat agmen ! Dulcius quanto , patulis sub ulmi ...
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