Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... give up poetry when he applies himself to the law 13 15 16 · 18 20 6. To Mr. WALPOLE . Excuse for not writing to him , & c . 7. From Mr. WEST . A poetical epistle addressed to his Cambridge friends , taken in part from Tibullus and a ...
... give up poetry when he applies himself to the law 13 15 16 · 18 20 6. To Mr. WALPOLE . Excuse for not writing to him , & c . 7. From Mr. WEST . A poetical epistle addressed to his Cambridge friends , taken in part from Tibullus and a ...
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... 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 Hall's Satires ...
... 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 Hall's Satires ...
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... West's genius was reckoned the more brilliant of the two : a judgment which , I conceive , was not well founded ; for though Mr. West's part of that cor- respondence , which I shall speedily give the reader , B 2 ( 7 )
... West's genius was reckoned the more brilliant of the two : a judgment which , I conceive , was not well founded ; for though Mr. West's part of that cor- respondence , which I shall speedily give the reader , B 2 ( 7 )
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... give the reader , * will undoubtedly shew that he possest very extraordinary talents , yet , on Mr. Gray's side , there seems superadded to these , such a manly precision of taste , and maturity of judg- ment , as would induce one to ...
... give the reader , * will undoubtedly shew that he possest very extraordinary talents , yet , on Mr. Gray's side , there seems superadded to these , such a manly precision of taste , and maturity of judg- ment , as would induce one to ...
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... give a much clearer idea both of Mr. Gray and his friend , at this early pe- riod , than any narrative of mine . They will in- clude also several specimens of their juvenile com- positions , and , at the same time , mark the progress ...
... give a much clearer idea both of Mr. Gray and his friend , at this early pe- riod , than any narrative of mine . They will in- clude also several specimens of their juvenile com- positions , and , at the same time , mark the progress ...
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