Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 14
... kind , however well written , deserve not to be transmitted to posterity ; and , indeed , are usually buried , as they ought to be , in the trash with which they are surrounded . Every person , who feels himself a poet , ought to be ...
... kind , however well written , deserve not to be transmitted to posterity ; and , indeed , are usually buried , as they ought to be , in the trash with which they are surrounded . Every person , who feels himself a poet , ought to be ...
Page 19
... kind of poesie , is because my low spirits and constant ill health ( things in me not imaginary , as you sur- mise , but too real , alas ! and I fear constitutional ) " have tuned my heart to elegies of woe ; " and this likewise is the ...
... kind of poesie , is because my low spirits and constant ill health ( things in me not imaginary , as you sur- mise , but too real , alas ! and I fear constitutional ) " have tuned my heart to elegies of woe ; " and this likewise is the ...
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... kind . And here let me wonder that a man , longè Græcorum doctissimus , should be at a loss for the verse and chapter whence my epigram is taken . I am sorry I have not my Aldus with * This was written in French , but as I doubted ...
... kind . And here let me wonder that a man , longè Græcorum doctissimus , should be at a loss for the verse and chapter whence my epigram is taken . I am sorry I have not my Aldus with * This was written in French , but as I doubted ...
Page 63
... kind , and ex- tremely neat . They pressed us to spend the night there , and to stay some days with them ; but this we could not do , so they led us about their house , which is , you must think , like a little city ; for there are one ...
... kind , and ex- tremely neat . They pressed us to spend the night there , and to stay some days with them ; but this we could not do , so they led us about their house , which is , you must think , like a little city ; for there are one ...
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... kind of animals , more industrious than Italians usually are : they work till evening ; then they take their lute or guitar ( for they all play ) and walk about the city , or upon the sea shore with it , to enjoy the fresco . One sees ...
... kind of animals , more industrious than Italians usually are : they work till evening ; then they take their lute or guitar ( for they all play ) and walk about the city , or upon the sea shore with it , to enjoy the fresco . One sees ...
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