Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 49
... Imagine , I say , all this transacted by cracked voices , trilling divisions upon two notes and a half , accompanied by an orchestra of hum- strums , and a whole house more attentive than if Farinelli sung , and you will almost have ...
... Imagine , I say , all this transacted by cracked voices , trilling divisions upon two notes and a half , accompanied by an orchestra of hum- strums , and a whole house more attentive than if Farinelli sung , and you will almost have ...
Page 56
... imagine it ought to be larger than one finds it . However , what it wants in extent , is made up in beauty and cleanliness , and in rich convents and churches , most of which we have seen . The palace of the States is a mag- nificent ...
... imagine it ought to be larger than one finds it . However , what it wants in extent , is made up in beauty and cleanliness , and in rich convents and churches , most of which we have seen . The palace of the States is a mag- nificent ...
Page 66
... imagine I am not sorry to have this opportu- nity of seeing the place in the world that best de- serves it besides as the Pope ( who is eighty- eight , and has been lately at the point of death ) cannot probably last a great while ...
... imagine I am not sorry to have this opportu- nity of seeing the place in the world that best de- serves it besides as the Pope ( who is eighty- eight , and has been lately at the point of death ) cannot probably last a great while ...
Page 82
... imagine them more various abroad . The diversions of a Florentine Lent are composed of a sermon in the morning , full of hell and the de- vil ; a dinner at noon , full of fish and meagre diet ; and , in the evening , what is called a ...
... imagine them more various abroad . The diversions of a Florentine Lent are composed of a sermon in the morning , full of hell and the de- vil ; a dinner at noon , full of fish and meagre diet ; and , in the evening , what is called a ...
Page 85
... imagine . We have not yet set about considering its beau- ties , ancient and modern , with attention ; but have already taken a slight transient view of some of G the most remarkable . St. Peter's I saw the day ( 85 )
... imagine . We have not yet set about considering its beau- ties , ancient and modern , with attention ; but have already taken a slight transient view of some of G the most remarkable . St. Peter's I saw the day ( 85 )
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