Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... lives of men of letters seldom abound with incidents ; and perhaps no life ever afforded fewer than that which I have undertaken to write . But I am far from mentioning this by way of previous apology , as is the trite custom of ...
... lives of men of letters seldom abound with incidents ; and perhaps no life ever afforded fewer than that which I have undertaken to write . But I am far from mentioning this by way of previous apology , as is the trite custom of ...
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... live at the Custom - house : however , by what style , title , or denomination soever you choose to be dignified or distinguished hereafter , these three words will stick by you like a burr , and you can no more get quit of these and ...
... live at the Custom - house : however , by what style , title , or denomination soever you choose to be dignified or distinguished hereafter , these three words will stick by you like a burr , and you can no more get quit of these and ...
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... live a good deal together , yet they never come to any great familiarity with one another . As my Lord Conway had spent a good part of his time among them , his brother , and we with him , were soon introduced into all their as ...
... live a good deal together , yet they never come to any great familiarity with one another . As my Lord Conway had spent a good part of his time among them , his brother , and we with him , were soon introduced into all their as ...
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... lives a few leagues off , and who uses to receive all strangers with great civility ; his abbey is one of the richest in the kingdom ; he keeps open house always , and lives with great magnificence . We have seen enough of this town ...
... lives a few leagues off , and who uses to receive all strangers with great civility ; his abbey is one of the richest in the kingdom ; he keeps open house always , and lives with great magnificence . We have seen enough of this town ...
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... live in that town . I never go into the gay world or high world , and consequently receive nothing from thence to brighten my ima- gination . The busy world I leave to the busy ; and am resolved never to talk politics till I can act at ...
... live in that town . I never go into the gay world or high world , and consequently receive nothing from thence to brighten my ima- gination . The busy world I leave to the busy ; and am resolved never to talk politics till I can act at ...
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