Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... desire may in some measure be accomplished.What he was as a Poet and a Man has justly entitled him to a laurel lasting as Time itself ; and , Sir , let it not be considered an unmerited enco- mium to remark , that the same benevolent ...
... desire may in some measure be accomplished.What he was as a Poet and a Man has justly entitled him to a laurel lasting as Time itself ; and , Sir , let it not be considered an unmerited enco- mium to remark , that the same benevolent ...
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... Desires him to give his Elegy to Mr. Dodsley to be printed immediately , in order to prevent its publication in a ma- gazine • 16. To Dr. WHARTON . Of Madame Maintenon's Character and Letters . His high opinion of M. Racine . Of Bishop ...
... Desires him to give his Elegy to Mr. Dodsley to be printed immediately , in order to prevent its publication in a ma- gazine • 16. To Dr. WHARTON . Of Madame Maintenon's Character and Letters . His high opinion of M. Racine . Of Bishop ...
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... desire you will send me soon , and truly and positively , a history † of your own time . * This expression prettily distinguishes their studies when out of the public school , which would naturally , at their age , be vague and ...
... desire you will send me soon , and truly and positively , a history † of your own time . * This expression prettily distinguishes their studies when out of the public school , which would naturally , at their age , be vague and ...
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... desires ; as , for example , to take a walk with you on the banks of the Rhône , and to be climbing up mount Fourviere ; Jam mens prætrepidans avet vagari : Jam læti studio pedes vigescunt . However , so long as I am not deprived of ...
... desires ; as , for example , to take a walk with you on the banks of the Rhône , and to be climbing up mount Fourviere ; Jam mens prætrepidans avet vagari : Jam læti studio pedes vigescunt . However , so long as I am not deprived of ...
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... new : at last we came out into the plains of La Bresse , and so to Lyons again . Sir Robert has written to Mr. Walpole , to desire he would go to Italy , which he has resolved to do , so that all the scheme of spending ( ) 65 )
... new : at last we came out into the plains of La Bresse , and so to Lyons again . Sir Robert has written to Mr. Walpole , to desire he would go to Italy , which he has resolved to do , so that all the scheme of spending ( ) 65 )
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