The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... sort , because either from their per- sonality , or some other local circumstance , they did not seem so well adapted to hit the public taste . I shall say more upon this subject in a subsequent Section , when I give my idea of Mr ...
... sort , because either from their per- sonality , or some other local circumstance , they did not seem so well adapted to hit the public taste . I shall say more upon this subject in a subsequent Section , when I give my idea of Mr ...
Page 39
... sort of version of that 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 ...
... sort of version of that 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 ...
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... sort needless . They will perceive , that as these letters were written without even the most distant view of publication , they are es- sentially different in their manner of description from any other that have either preceded or fol ...
... sort needless . They will perceive , that as these letters were written without even the most distant view of publication , they are es- sentially different in their manner of description from any other that have either preceded or fol ...
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... sort of conveyance , of much greater use than beauty , resembling an ill - shaped chariot , only with the door opening before instead of the side ; three horses draw it , one between the shafts , and the other two on each side , on one ...
... sort of conveyance , of much greater use than beauty , resembling an ill - shaped chariot , only with the door opening before instead of the side ; three horses draw it , one between the shafts , and the other two on each side , on one ...
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... sort of provisions equally good . As to other pleasures , there is not that freedom of conversation among the people of fashion here , that one sees in other parts of France ; for though they are not very numerous in this place , and ...
... sort of provisions equally good . As to other pleasures , there is not that freedom of conversation among the people of fashion here , that one sees in other parts of France ; for though they are not very numerous in this place , and ...
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