Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... heart so constantly appear together , and the fertility of his fancy so intimately unites with the sympathetic tenderness of his soul , that were it in my intention , I should find it impossible to disjoin them . His parents were ...
... heart so constantly appear together , and the fertility of his fancy so intimately unites with the sympathetic tenderness of his soul , that were it in my intention , I should find it impossible to disjoin them . His parents were ...
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... heart : yet the Doctor was of opinion , that nothing of this nature should be published , and that the letters that pass between particu- lar friends ( if they are written as they ought to be ) can scarce ever be fit to see the light ...
... heart : yet the Doctor was of opinion , that nothing of this nature should be published , and that the letters that pass between particu- lar friends ( if they are written as they ought to be ) can scarce ever be fit to see the light ...
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... heart , and I believe you are not in danger of being crouded there ; it is asking you to an old play , in- deed , but you will be candid enough to excuse the whole piece for the sake of a few tolerable lines . For this little while past ...
... heart , and I believe you are not in danger of being crouded there ; it is asking you to an old play , in- deed , but you will be candid enough to excuse the whole piece for the sake of a few tolerable lines . For this little while past ...
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... 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 another also , because it is not ...
... 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 another also , because it is not ...
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... heart to mend : Now pleas'd along the cloister'd walk you rove , And trace the verdant mazes of the grove , Where social oft , and oft alone , ye chuse To catch the zephyr and to court the muse . Mean time at me ( while all devoid of ...
... heart to mend : Now pleas'd along the cloister'd walk you rove , And trace the verdant mazes of the grove , Where social oft , and oft alone , ye chuse To catch the zephyr and to court the muse . Mean time at me ( while all devoid of ...
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