Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... Natural History . Memoirs of Petrarch . Mr. Walpole at Paris . Description of a fine lady · 53. To Dr. WHARTON . Tour in Kent . New Bath Guide . • volume of Buffon 54. To Mr. MASON . On his wife's death Page 314 316 Another • 318 321 ...
... Natural History . Memoirs of Petrarch . Mr. Walpole at Paris . Description of a fine lady · 53. To Dr. WHARTON . Tour in Kent . New Bath Guide . • volume of Buffon 54. To Mr. MASON . On his wife's death Page 314 316 Another • 318 321 ...
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... 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 . " What ! not when they express the native tenderness and ...
... 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 . " What ! not when they express the native tenderness and ...
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... natural philosophy have the greatest charms in my eye ; but who can forget poetry ? they call it idleness , but it is surely the * Published in the Cambridge Collection of verses on the Prince of Wales's marriage . I have not thought it ...
... natural philosophy have the greatest charms in my eye ; but who can forget poetry ? they call it idleness , but it is surely the * Published in the Cambridge Collection of verses on the Prince of Wales's marriage . I have not thought it ...
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... natural enough in a young man ) he laid the blame rather on the mode of education than the mode of the times ; and to this error , the uncommon proficiency he had made at Eton in classical learn- ing might contribute , as he found ...
... natural enough in a young man ) he laid the blame rather on the mode of education than the mode of the times ; and to this error , the uncommon proficiency he had made at Eton in classical learn- ing might contribute , as he found ...
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... nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat . Must I pore upon mathematics ? Alas ! I cannot see in too much light ; I am no eagle . It is very possible that two and two make four , but I would not give four far- things to ...
... nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat . Must I pore upon mathematics ? Alas ! I cannot see in too much light ; I am no eagle . It is very possible that two and two make four , but I would not give four far- things to ...
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