Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 19
... fear constitutional ) " have tuned my heart to elegies of woe ; " and this likewise is the reason why I am the most ir- regular thing alive at college ; for you may depend This I omit for the reason given in a preceding note , and for ...
... fear constitutional ) " have tuned my heart to elegies of woe ; " and this likewise is the reason why I am the most ir- regular thing alive at college ; for you may depend This I omit for the reason given in a preceding note , and for ...
Page 23
... fear to call their own . Health is at best a vain precarious thing , And fair - fac'd youth is ever on the wing ; Quid fraudare juvat vitem crescentibus uvis ? Et modo nata mala vellere poma manu ? So the original . The paraphrase seems ...
... fear to call their own . Health is at best a vain precarious thing , And fair - fac'd youth is ever on the wing ; Quid fraudare juvat vitem crescentibus uvis ? Et modo nata mala vellere poma manu ? So the original . The paraphrase seems ...
Page 74
... fear of finding nothing finer . We are fallen in love with the Me- diterranean Sea , and hold your lakes and your rivers in vast contempt . This is " The happy country where huge lemons grow , " as Waller says ; and I am sorry to think ...
... fear of finding nothing finer . We are fallen in love with the Me- diterranean Sea , and hold your lakes and your rivers in vast contempt . This is " The happy country where huge lemons grow , " as Waller says ; and I am sorry to think ...
Page 108
... fear and laziness , we remain here , and must be satisfied with the accounts other people give us of the matter . The new pope is called Benedict XIV . being created cardinal by Bene- dict XIII . the last pope but one . His name is ...
... fear and laziness , we remain here , and must be satisfied with the accounts other people give us of the matter . The new pope is called Benedict XIV . being created cardinal by Bene- dict XIII . the last pope but one . His name is ...
Page 117
... fear they should spy her through all her veils . Such is the history , as I had it from the lady of the house where I stood to see her pass ; with many other circumstances , all which she firmly be- lieves , and ten thousand beside ...
... fear they should spy her through all her veils . Such is the history , as I had it from the lady of the house where I stood to see her pass ; with many other circumstances , all which she firmly be- lieves , and ten thousand beside ...
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