Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 39
Page 46
... rivers . On every hillock is a wind - mill , a crucifix , or a Virgin Mary dressed in flowers , and a sarcenet robe ; one sees not many people or carriages on the road ; now and then indeed you meet a strolling friar , a countryman with ...
... rivers . On every hillock is a wind - mill , a crucifix , or a Virgin Mary dressed in flowers , and a sarcenet robe ; one sees not many people or carriages on the road ; now and then indeed you meet a strolling friar , a countryman with ...
Page 56
... river Marne , with a chain of hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered with woods and vineyards , and every now and then the ruins of some old castle on their tops ; we lay at St. Di- zier the first night , and at Langres ...
... river Marne , with a chain of hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered with woods and vineyards , and every now and then the ruins of some old castle on their tops ; we lay at St. Di- zier the first night , and at Langres ...
Page 59
... rivers winding among them , and the Alps , with the mountains of Dauphiné , to bound the view . All yesterday morning ... river many leagues off in La Forez . Here are re- mains too of Agrippa's seven great roads which met at Lyons ; in ...
... rivers winding among them , and the Alps , with the mountains of Dauphiné , to bound the view . All yesterday morning ... river many leagues off in La Forez . Here are re- mains too of Agrippa's seven great roads which met at Lyons ; in ...
Page 63
... river be- low ; and many other particulars impossible to describe ; you will conclude we had no occasion to repent our pains . This place St. Bruno chose to retire to , and upon its very top founded the aforesaid convent , which is the ...
... river be- low ; and many other particulars impossible to describe ; you will conclude we had no occasion to repent our pains . This place St. Bruno chose to retire to , and upon its very top founded the aforesaid convent , which is the ...
Page 66
... before passed through to go to Geneva ; the fourth we turned out of it , and for that day and the next travelled rather among than upon the Alps ; the way commonly running through a deep valley by the side of the river Arc , which ( 66 )
... before passed through to go to Geneva ; the fourth we turned out of it , and for that day and the next travelled rather among than upon the Alps ; the way commonly running through a deep valley by the side of the river Arc , which ( 66 )
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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