Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 316
... March 5 , 1766 . I AM amazed at myself when I think I have never wrote to you ; to be sure it is the sin of witchcraft , or something worse . Had I been mar- * Mr. Gray , when in Scotland , had been very inquisitive after the popular ...
... March 5 , 1766 . I AM amazed at myself when I think I have never wrote to you ; to be sure it is the sin of witchcraft , or something worse . Had I been mar- * Mr. Gray , when in Scotland , had been very inquisitive after the popular ...
Page 321
... March 28 , 1767 . I BREAK in upon you at a moment , when we least of all are permitted to disturb our friends , only to say , that you are daily and hourly pre- sent to my thoughts . If the worst * be not yet past , you will neglect and ...
... March 28 , 1767 . I BREAK in upon you at a moment , when we least of all are permitted to disturb our friends , only to say , that you are daily and hourly pre- sent to my thoughts . If the worst * be not yet past , you will neglect and ...
Page 322
... To explain this , I must take the liberty to transcribe a paragraph from Mr. Beattie's letter , dated March 30 , to which the above is an answer : " A professor application to the heart is frequent , and often successful ( 322 )
... To explain this , I must take the liberty to transcribe a paragraph from Mr. Beattie's letter , dated March 30 , to which the above is an answer : " A professor application to the heart is frequent , and often successful ( 322 )
Page 362
... march ; all is rock and loose stones up to the very brow , which lies so near your way , that not above half the height of Helvellyn can be seen . Next I passed by the little chapel of Wiborn , out of which the Sunday congregation were ...
... march ; all is rock and loose stones up to the very brow , which lies so near your way , that not above half the height of Helvellyn can be seen . Next I passed by the little chapel of Wiborn , out of which the Sunday congregation were ...
Page 384
... March 17 , 1771 : " He must have a very good stomach that can digest the Crambe recocta of Voltaire . Atheism is a vile dish , though all the cooks of France combine to make new sauces to it . As to the soul , perhaps , they may have ...
... March 17 , 1771 : " He must have a very good stomach that can digest the Crambe recocta of Voltaire . Atheism is a vile dish , though all the cooks of France combine to make new sauces to it . As to the soul , perhaps , they may have ...
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