The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. MasonJ.F. Dove, 1820 |
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... believe Mr. Wal- pole's phrase not very hyperbolical , who has often asserted to me that , " Gray never was a boy . " In April , 1738 , Mr. West left Christ Church for the Inner Temple , and Mr. Gray removed from Peterhouse to town the ...
... believe Mr. Wal- pole's phrase not very hyperbolical , who has often asserted to me that , " Gray never was a boy . " In April , 1738 , Mr. West left Christ Church for the Inner Temple , and Mr. Gray removed from Peterhouse to town the ...
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... steps more , I shall be just where I was : I may , better than most people , say my life is but a span , were I not afraid lest you should not believe that a person so short - lived could write even so long a letter as this ; ( 11 )
... steps more , I shall be just where I was : I may , better than most people , say my life is but a span , were I not afraid lest you should not believe that a person so short - lived could write even so long a letter as this ; ( 11 )
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... believe I must not send you the history of my own time , till I can send you that also of the reforma- tion . * However , as the most undeserving people in the world must sure have the vanity to wish somebody had a regard for them , so ...
... believe I must not send you the history of my own time , till I can send you that also of the reforma- tion . * However , as the most undeserving people in the world must sure have the vanity to wish somebody had a regard for them , so ...
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... affected manner of Mrs. Rowe's Letters of the Dead to the Living ; a book which was , I believe , published about this time . you may have contracted in the other , but pray ( 17 ) To Mr WALPOLE Concerning the intention of publishing.
... affected manner of Mrs. Rowe's Letters of the Dead to the Living ; a book which was , I believe , published about this time . you may have contracted in the other , but pray ( 17 ) To Mr WALPOLE Concerning the intention of publishing.
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... believe they must undergo the fate of all humble companions , and be discarded . Would I could turn them to the same use that you have done , and make an Apollo of them . If they could write such verses with me ( 25 ) Meets with Mr ...
... believe they must undergo the fate of all humble companions , and be discarded . Would I could turn them to the same use that you have done , and make an Apollo of them . If they could write such verses with me ( 25 ) Meets with Mr ...
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