Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 33
... leaving my college , and leave yours as fast as I shall be settled at the Temple very you can . soon . Dartmouth - street , Feb. 21 , 1737-8 . LETTER XIV . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . * BARBARAS ædes aditure mecum , Quas Eris semper fovet ...
... leaving my college , and leave yours as fast as I shall be settled at the Temple very you can . soon . Dartmouth - street , Feb. 21 , 1737-8 . LETTER XIV . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . * BARBARAS ædes aditure mecum , Quas Eris semper fovet ...
Page 38
... leaving behind me , without the least remorse , all the beauties of Sturbridge Fair . Its white bears may roar , its ... leave . The university has published a severe edict against schismatical congregations , and created half a dozen ...
... leaving behind me , without the least remorse , all the beauties of Sturbridge Fair . Its white bears may roar , its ... leave . The university has published a severe edict against schismatical congregations , and created half a dozen ...
Page 58
... leave the city , and proceed to its en- virons , which are beautiful beyond expression ; it is surrounded with mountains , and those mountains all bedroped and bespeckled with houses , gardens , and plantations of the rich Bourgeois ...
... leave the city , and proceed to its en- virons , which are beautiful beyond expression ; it is surrounded with mountains , and those mountains all bedroped and bespeckled with houses , gardens , and plantations of the rich Bourgeois ...
Page 61
... leave to the busy ; and am resolved never to talk politics till I can act at the same time . To tell old stories , or prate of old books , seems a little musty ; and toujours chapon bouilli , won't do . However , for want of better fare ...
... leave to the busy ; and am resolved never to talk politics till I can act at the same time . To tell old stories , or prate of old books , seems a little musty ; and toujours chapon bouilli , won't do . However , for want of better fare ...
Page 91
... regalo of letters ; in one of which came you , with your huge characters and wide intervals , staring . I would have you to know , I expect you should take a handsome crow- quill when you write to me , and not leave ( 91 )
... regalo of letters ; in one of which came you , with your huge characters and wide intervals , staring . I would have you to know , I expect you should take a handsome crow- quill when you write to me , and not leave ( 91 )
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