The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. MasonJ.F. Dove, 1820 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 25
Page 11
... , 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 )
... , 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 )
Page 27
... lived nine years longer , and died at the great age of eighty - six . Mr. Gray always thought highly of his pathetic powers , at the same time that he blamed his ill taste for mixing them so injudiciously with farce , in order to pro ...
... lived nine years longer , and died at the great age of eighty - six . Mr. Gray always thought highly of his pathetic powers , at the same time that he blamed his ill taste for mixing them so injudiciously with farce , in order to pro ...
Page 41
... yet will be led to think that , as the one produced afterwards " fruits worthy of paradise , " the other would also have produced them , had he lived to a more mature age . SECTION II . As I allot this section entirely to ( 41 )
... yet will be led to think that , as the one produced afterwards " fruits worthy of paradise , " the other would also have produced them , had he lived to a more mature age . SECTION II . As I allot this section entirely to ( 41 )
Page 55
... lived at Paris . It is sure they do not hate gaiety any more than the rest of their country people , and can enter into diversions , that are once proposed , with a good grace enough : for instance , the other evening we happened to be ...
... lived at Paris . It is sure they do not hate gaiety any more than the rest of their country people , and can enter into diversions , that are once proposed , with a good grace enough : for instance , the other evening we happened to be ...
Page 102
... LIVED at the Temple till I was sick of it : I have just left it , and find myself as much a lawyer as I was when I was in it . It is certain , at least , I may study the law here , as well as I could there . My being in chambers does ...
... LIVED at the Temple till I was sick of it : I have just left it , and find myself as much a lawyer as I was when I was in it . It is certain , at least , I may study the law here , as well as I could there . My being in chambers does ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admire Agrippina Anicetus appear beauty believe called Cambridge Caractacus castle character church death Duke Dunciad Elegy Elfrida Erse eyes Florence give Gothic Gothic architecture Grande Chartreuse GRAY TO DR Gray's hæc hand head hear heart hexameters hill honour hope house of York imagine IMITATION insert Italy Keswick King lady lake LETTER lines live Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner MASON Massinissa mean melancholy miles mind mother mountains nature never night o'er Odin passed perhaps Peterhouse Petrarch Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope quæ racter reader river road Rome round scene seems seen shew side Sir William Williams Skiddaw spirit stanza sure Syphax Tacitus taste tell thing thought Tibullus tion town vale verse Walpole WEST WHARTON wish wood write written