Thomas Gray, Volume 6I have two main aims in view 1) to give the reader as much information about Thomas Gray, his poetry and his age as he will need for enjoyment of the poetry; and 2) to examine all of the poems freshly as works of literature. |
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... famous churchyard writer , and I , with a buffoonery natural to me , said that I suppose he is going to make epitaphs for the dead of this parish ( St. James's ) . Hearing he was a Cambridge man , I asked a fellow about him , and he ...
... famous churchyard writer , and I , with a buffoonery natural to me , said that I suppose he is going to make epitaphs for the dead of this parish ( St. James's ) . Hearing he was a Cambridge man , I asked a fellow about him , and he ...
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... famous quarrel in Reggio in early May of 1741. Nonetheless , in a letter of April 21 , 1741 , he shows a cer- tain equability in describing to West the changes that he sees in himself after two years abroad : Gray now has a “ reasonable ...
... famous quarrel in Reggio in early May of 1741. Nonetheless , in a letter of April 21 , 1741 , he shows a cer- tain equability in describing to West the changes that he sees in himself after two years abroad : Gray now has a “ reasonable ...
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... famous comment on the writers of antiquity , that they like the bee brought forth " sweetness and light , " aptly concentrates this aim in a phrase . Opposing this view of the goal of art as objectively admirable order was the century's ...
... famous comment on the writers of antiquity , that they like the bee brought forth " sweetness and light , " aptly concentrates this aim in a phrase . Opposing this view of the goal of art as objectively admirable order was the century's ...
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