Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 14
... run into a strange taste on this occasion . Such soft , un- meaning stuff about Venus and Cupid , and Peleus and Thetis , and Zephyrs and Dryads , was never read . As for my poor little eclogue it has been condemned and beheaded by our ...
... run into a strange taste on this occasion . Such soft , un- meaning stuff about Venus and Cupid , and Peleus and Thetis , and Zephyrs and Dryads , was never read . As for my poor little eclogue it has been condemned and beheaded by our ...
Page 21
... run tea , but this only now and then , not to make a practice of it . Monsters appertain- ing to this climate you have seen already , both wet and dry . So you perceive within how nar- row bounds my pen is circumscribed , and the whole ...
... run tea , but this only now and then , not to make a practice of it . Monsters appertain- ing to this climate you have seen already , both wet and dry . So you perceive within how nar- row bounds my pen is circumscribed , and the whole ...
Page 23
... run , No pleasures tasted , and few duties done . * Ah ! who , ere autumn's mellowing suns appear , Would pluck the promise of the vernal year ; Or , ere the grapes their purple hue betray , Tear the crude cluster from the mourning ...
... run , No pleasures tasted , and few duties done . * Ah ! who , ere autumn's mellowing suns appear , Would pluck the promise of the vernal year ; Or , ere the grapes their purple hue betray , Tear the crude cluster from the mourning ...
Page 49
... run of late ; and the thing itself does not want its beauties , but the actors are beyond mea- sure delightful . Mademoiselle Gaussin ( Mr. Vol- taire's Zara ) has with a charming ( though little ) person the most pathetic tone of voice ...
... run of late ; and the thing itself does not want its beauties , but the actors are beyond mea- sure delightful . Mademoiselle Gaussin ( Mr. Vol- taire's Zara ) has with a charming ( though little ) person the most pathetic tone of voice ...
Page 52
... runs on the great al- ley , which brings you into a complete round , where is the basin of Apollo , the biggest in the gardens . He is rising in his car , out of the water , surrounded by nymphs and tritons , all in bronze , and finely ...
... runs on the great al- ley , which brings you into a complete round , where is the basin of Apollo , the biggest in the gardens . He is rising in his car , out of the water , surrounded by nymphs and tritons , all in bronze , and finely ...
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