Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 159
... beginning of Agrippina , and a few translations ) before the first Ode lately mentioned . Shall we attribute this to his having been educated at Eton , or to what other cause ? Certain it is , that when I first knew him , he seemed to ...
... beginning of Agrippina , and a few translations ) before the first Ode lately mentioned . Shall we attribute this to his having been educated at Eton , or to what other cause ? Certain it is , that when I first knew him , he seemed to ...
Page 160
... , Invocation to Mr. Locke ; Address to Favonius , shewing the use and importance of the design . Beginning . - Con- nexion of the soul and body ; Nerves , the instru- ----- ments of sensation . - Touch , the first and ( 160 )
... , Invocation to Mr. Locke ; Address to Favonius , shewing the use and importance of the design . Beginning . - Con- nexion of the soul and body ; Nerves , the instru- ----- ments of sensation . - Touch , the first and ( 160 )
Page 182
... beginning of the war . I remember to have read Mr. Spence's pretty book ; though ( as he then had not been at Rome for the last time ) it must have increased greatly since that in bulk . If you ask me what I read , I protest I do not ...
... beginning of the war . I remember to have read Mr. Spence's pretty book ; though ( as he then had not been at Rome for the last time ) it must have increased greatly since that in bulk . If you ask me what I read , I protest I do not ...
Page 183
... beginning of the fourth book , which was intended to treat of the passions . Excuse the three first verses ; you know vanity , with the Romans , is a poetical li- cence . + What is here omitted was a short catalogue of Mr. West's poetry ...
... beginning of the fourth book , which was intended to treat of the passions . Excuse the three first verses ; you know vanity , with the Romans , is a poetical li- cence . + What is here omitted was a short catalogue of Mr. West's poetry ...
Page 185
... beginning than a perfect work ; but a beginning at the wrong end ; for if any body should finish it by inquiring into the Greek my- thology , as he proposes , it will be necessary ( 185 ) .
... beginning than a perfect work ; but a beginning at the wrong end ; for if any body should finish it by inquiring into the Greek my- thology , as he proposes , it will be necessary ( 185 ) .
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