Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... late Emperor's funeral not being public . A procession to avert the ill effects of a late inundation . Intention of going to Venice . An invasion from the Neapolitans apprehended . The inhabitants of Tuscany dissatisfied with the ...
... late Emperor's funeral not being public . A procession to avert the ill effects of a late inundation . Intention of going to Venice . An invasion from the Neapolitans apprehended . The inhabitants of Tuscany dissatisfied with the ...
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... late translation of Statius might have deterred me , but I know you are not more able to excel others , than you are apt to forgive the want of excellence , espe- cially when it is found in the productions of Your most sincere friend ...
... late translation of Statius might have deterred me , but I know you are not more able to excel others , than you are apt to forgive the want of excellence , espe- cially when it is found in the productions of Your most sincere friend ...
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... late , Or aims , or seems to aim , the dart of Fate : From you remote , methinks alone I stand Like some sad exile in a desert land ; Around no friends their lenient care to join In mutual warmth , and mix their heart with mine . Or ...
... late , Or aims , or seems to aim , the dart of Fate : From you remote , methinks alone I stand Like some sad exile in a desert land ; Around no friends their lenient care to join In mutual warmth , and mix their heart with mine . Or ...
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... late the plant bewails his foolish pride , And sinks , untimely , in the whelming tide . way , But why repine , does life deserve my sigh ? Few will lament my loss whene'er I die . + For those the wretches I despise or hate , I neither ...
... late the plant bewails his foolish pride , And sinks , untimely , in the whelming tide . way , But why repine , does life deserve my sigh ? Few will lament my loss whene'er I die . + For those the wretches I despise or hate , I neither ...
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... late been so over- civil as to visit me regularly once a month - jam certus conviva . This is a painful nervous head- ach , which perhaps you have sometimes heard me speak of before . Give me leave to say , I find no physic comparable ...
... late been so over- civil as to visit me regularly once a month - jam certus conviva . This is a painful nervous head- ach , which perhaps you have sometimes heard me speak of before . Give me leave to say , I find no physic comparable ...
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