Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... passing them . Method of travelling over mount Cenis 11. To Mr. WEST . Turin . Its carnival . More of the views and scenery on the road to the Grande Chartreuse . Wild and savage prospects amongst the Alps agreeable to Livy's ...
... passing them . Method of travelling over mount Cenis 11. To Mr. WEST . Turin . Its carnival . More of the views and scenery on the road to the Grande Chartreuse . Wild and savage prospects amongst the Alps agreeable to Livy's ...
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... passed between Mr. Gray's admission into the univer- sity and his going abroad , it may be reasonably expected , that the manner rather than the matter of these letters must constitute their principal merit ; they will therefore be ...
... passed between Mr. Gray's admission into the univer- sity and his going abroad , it may be reasonably expected , that the manner rather than the matter of these letters must constitute their principal merit ; they will therefore be ...
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... passed with you made a strong impression upon me . I singled you out for a friend , and I would have you know me to be yours , if you deem me worthy . - Alas , Gray , you cannot imagine how miserably my time passes away . My health and ...
... passed with you made a strong impression upon me . I singled you out for a friend , and I would have you know me to be yours , if you deem me worthy . - Alas , Gray , you cannot imagine how miserably my time passes away . My health and ...
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... passed between the two friends . But these I think it unnecessary to in- sert , as I have already given sufficient specimens of the blossoms of their genius . The reader of taste and candour will , I trust , consider them only as such ...
... passed between the two friends . But these I think it unnecessary to in- sert , as I have already given sufficient specimens of the blossoms of their genius . The reader of taste and candour will , I trust , consider them only as such ...
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... nuns , the latter of which is very richly adorned . To - morrow we shall lie at Clermont , and next day reach Paris . The country we have passed through hitherto has been flat , open , but agreeably diversified with vil- ( 45 )
... nuns , the latter of which is very richly adorned . To - morrow we shall lie at Clermont , and next day reach Paris . The country we have passed through hitherto has been flat , open , but agreeably diversified with vil- ( 45 )
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acquaintance admire Agrippina Anicetus antiquity atque beauty believe called Cambridge Caractacus castle church death Dodsley Duke Dunciad Elegy Elfrida Elidurus eyes Genoa give gothic grace Grande Chartreuse GRAY TO DR Gray's hæc hand head hear heard heart hexameters hill honour hope house of York imagine insert Italy Keswick King Lady lake LETTER live Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner Margaret of Anjou MASON Massinissa mean miles mind mountains nature never night o'er opinion passed Pembroke-hall perhaps Peterhouse Pindaric pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Posidippus racter reader rise river road Rome round scene seems seen shew side Skiddaw sort spirit stanzas sure Syphax Tacitus taste tell thing thought tion town vale verse Walpole WEST WHARTON wish wood write written