The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. MasonJ.F. Dove, 1820 |
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Page 105
... beginning ; yet , upon a further acquaintance , there is surely matter for curiosity and reflection . It is strange if , among all that huge mass of words , there be not some- what intermixed for thought . Laws have been the result of ...
... beginning ; yet , upon a further acquaintance , there is surely matter for curiosity and reflection . It is strange if , among all that huge mass of words , there be not some- what intermixed for thought . Laws have been the result of ...
Page 114
... beginning of next spring is the time determined for our return at furthest ; possibly it may be before that time . How the interim will be employed , or what route we shall take , is not so certain . If we remain friends with France ...
... beginning of next spring is the time determined for our return at furthest ; possibly it may be before that time . How the interim will be employed , or what route we shall take , is not so certain . If we remain friends with France ...
Page 121
... beginning , not of an epic poem , but of a metaphysic * one . Poems and metaphysics ( say you , with your spectacles on ) are inconsistent things . A metaphysical poem is a contradiction in terms . It is true , but I will go on . It is ...
... beginning , not of an epic poem , but of a metaphysic * one . Poems and metaphysics ( say you , with your spectacles on ) are inconsistent things . A metaphysical poem is a contradiction in terms . It is true , but I will go on . It is ...
Page 154
... beginning of an Heroic Epistle ; but you must give me leave to tell my own story first , because historians differ . Massi- nissa was the son of Gala , king of the Massyli ; and , when very young , at the head of his father's army ...
... beginning of an Heroic Epistle ; but you must give me leave to tell my own story first , because historians differ . Massi- nissa was the son of Gala , king of the Massyli ; and , when very young , at the head of his father's army ...
Page 157
... beginning of June 1742 , and sent to Mr. West , not knowing be was then dead . " He was buried at Hatfield ( the house called Popes being in that parish . ) On a grave - stone in the chancel is the following plain inscription : " Here ...
... beginning of June 1742 , and sent to Mr. West , not knowing be was then dead . " He was buried at Hatfield ( the house called Popes being in that parish . ) On a grave - stone in the chancel is the following plain inscription : " Here ...
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