Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... mind , when employed in drawing a general likeness of it , and what colours could be found so forcible as his own to express its true light and shadow ? I would further observe , that whatever truth there might be in his satire at the ...
... mind , when employed in drawing a general likeness of it , and what colours could be found so forcible as his own to express its true light and shadow ? I would further observe , that whatever truth there might be in his satire at the ...
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... mind , " prescribe to me , dear Gray , as often and as much as you think proper , I shall be a most obedient patient . Non ego Fidis irascar medicis , offendar amicis . I venture here to write you down a Greek epi- gram , * which I ...
... mind , " prescribe to me , dear Gray , as often and as much as you think proper , I shall be a most obedient patient . Non ego Fidis irascar medicis , offendar amicis . I venture here to write you down a Greek epi- gram , * which I ...
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... mind to make your peace with me , arouse ye from your megrims and melancho- lies , and ( for exercise is good for you ) throw away your night - cap , call for your jack - boots , and set out with me , last Saturday evening , for ...
... mind to make your peace with me , arouse ye from your megrims and melancho- lies , and ( for exercise is good for you ) throw away your night - cap , call for your jack - boots , and set out with me , last Saturday evening , for ...
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... mind to make a custom of the thing , and would have given a ball in the same manner next week , but the women did not come into it ; so I believe it will drop , and they will re- turn to their dull cards , and usual formalities . We are ...
... mind to make a custom of the thing , and would have given a ball in the same manner next week , but the women did not come into it ; so I believe it will drop , and they will re- turn to their dull cards , and usual formalities . We are ...
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... mind without frighting it . I am well persuaded St. Bruno was a man of no common genius , to choose such a si- tuation for his retirement ; and perhaps should have been a disciple of his , had I been born in his time . You may believe ...
... mind without frighting it . I am well persuaded St. Bruno was a man of no common genius , to choose such a si- tuation for his retirement ; and perhaps should have been a disciple of his , had I been born in his time . You may believe ...
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