Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... WHARTON . * Cambridge , Dec. 27 , 1742 . I OUGHT to have returned you my thanks a long time ago for the pleasure , I should say pro- digy , of your letter ; for such a thing has not hap- pened above twice within this last age to mortal ...
... WHARTON . * Cambridge , Dec. 27 , 1742 . I OUGHT to have returned you my thanks a long time ago for the pleasure , I should say pro- digy , of your letter ; for such a thing has not hap- pened above twice within this last age to mortal ...
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... WHARTON . Peterhouse , April 26 , 1744 . You write so feelingly to Mr. Brown , and represent your abandoned condition in terms so touching , that what gratitude could not effect in several months , compassion has brought about in a few ...
... WHARTON . Peterhouse , April 26 , 1744 . You write so feelingly to Mr. Brown , and represent your abandoned condition in terms so touching , that what gratitude could not effect in several months , compassion has brought about in a few ...
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... WHARTON . Cambridge , Dec. 11 , 1746 . I WOULD make you an excuse , ( as indeed I ought ) if they were a sort of thing I ever gave any credit to myself in these cases ; but I know they are never true . Nothing so silly as indo- lence ...
... WHARTON . Cambridge , Dec. 11 , 1746 . I WOULD make you an excuse , ( as indeed I ought ) if they were a sort of thing I ever gave any credit to myself in these cases ; but I know they are never true . Nothing so silly as indo- lence ...
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... WHARTON . Stoke , June 5 , 1748 . YOUR friendship has interested itself in my affairs so naturally , that I cannot help troubling you a little with a detail of them . ‡ * * * * And now , my dear Wharton , why must I tell you a thing so ...
... WHARTON . Stoke , June 5 , 1748 . YOUR friendship has interested itself in my affairs so naturally , that I cannot help troubling you a little with a detail of them . ‡ * * * * And now , my dear Wharton , why must I tell you a thing so ...
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... Wharton and your fa- mily does that name include any body I am not yet acquainted with ? LETTER VIII . MR . GRAY TO DR . WHARTON . Stoke , August 19 , 1748 . I AM glad you have had any pleasure in Gresset ; he seems to me a truly ...
... Wharton and your fa- mily does that name include any body I am not yet acquainted with ? LETTER VIII . MR . GRAY TO DR . WHARTON . Stoke , August 19 , 1748 . I AM glad you have had any pleasure in Gresset ; he seems to me a truly ...
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