The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. MasonJ.F. Dove, 1820 |
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Page 24
... head , Nurs'd by the wave the spreading branches rise , Shade all the ground and flourish to the skies ; The waves the while beneath in secret flow , And undermine the hollow bank below ; Wide and more wide the waters urge their way ...
... head , Nurs'd by the wave the spreading branches rise , Shade all the ground and flourish to the skies ; The waves the while beneath in secret flow , And undermine the hollow bank below ; Wide and more wide the waters urge their way ...
Page 30
... head- ach , which perhaps you have sometimes heard me speak of before . Give me leave to say , I find no physic comparable to your letters . If , as it is said in Ecclesiasticus , Friendship be the physic of the mind , " prescribe to me ...
... head- ach , which perhaps you have sometimes heard me speak of before . Give me leave to say , I find no physic comparable to your letters . If , as it is said in Ecclesiasticus , Friendship be the physic of the mind , " prescribe to me ...
Page 46
... head , you will believe me mad , mais n'importe , courage , allons ! for if I wait till my head grow clear and settle a little , you may stay long enough for a letter . Six days have we been coming hither , which other people do in two ...
... head , you will believe me mad , mais n'importe , courage , allons ! for if I wait till my head grow clear and settle a little , you may stay long enough for a letter . Six days have we been coming hither , which other people do in two ...
Page 62
... head ; on the other , a monstrous precipice , almost per- pendicular , at the bottom of which rolls a torrent , that sometimes tumbling among the fragments of stone that have fallen from on high , and sometimes precipitating itself down ...
... head ; on the other , a monstrous precipice , almost per- pendicular , at the bottom of which rolls a torrent , that sometimes tumbling among the fragments of stone that have fallen from on high , and sometimes precipitating itself down ...
Page 67
... head of the horses , seized the dog by the throat , and rushed up the hill again with him in his mouth . This was done in less than a quarter of a minute ; we all saw it , and yet the servants had not time to draw their pistols , or do ...
... head of the horses , seized the dog by the throat , and rushed up the hill again with him in his mouth . This was done in less than a quarter of a minute ; we all saw it , and yet the servants had not time to draw their pistols , or do ...
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