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 25
... lines my name endear , Not from the Poet , but the Friend sincere . Christ Church , July 4 , 1737 . LETTER VIII . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . AFTER a month's expectation of you , and a fortnight's despair , at Cambridge , I am come to town ...
... lines my name endear , Not from the Poet , but the Friend sincere . Christ Church , July 4 , 1737 . LETTER VIII . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . AFTER a month's expectation of you , and a fortnight's despair , at Cambridge , I am come to town ...
Page 36
... ever produced four more perfect lines , or what would sooner impose upon the best critic , as being a genuine ancient composition . LETTER XVI . MR . GRAY TO MR . WALPOLE ( 36 ) To Mr WEST A Latin epistle in answer to the foregoing.
... ever produced four more perfect lines , or what would sooner impose upon the best critic , as being a genuine ancient composition . LETTER XVI . MR . GRAY TO MR . WALPOLE ( 36 ) To Mr WEST A Latin epistle in answer to the foregoing.
Page 58
... line 25 , and you will find it said in ex- press terms , " Ad amicum inter Remos relegatum mense uno quinquies scriptum esto ; " nothing more plain , or less liable to false interpretations . Now because , I suppose , it will give you ...
... line 25 , and you will find it said in ex- press terms , " Ad amicum inter Remos relegatum mense uno quinquies scriptum esto ; " nothing more plain , or less liable to false interpretations . Now because , I suppose , it will give you ...
Page 69
... line , we arrived at this city , which , as you know , is the capital of the principality , and the residence of the King of Sardinia . *** We shall stay here , I believe , a fortnight , and proceed for Genoa , which is three or four ...
... line , we arrived at this city , which , as you know , is the capital of the principality , and the residence of the King of Sardinia . *** We shall stay here , I believe , a fortnight , and proceed for Genoa , which is three or four ...
Page 121
... lines . The reader will find a further account of his design , and all that he finished of the Poem , in a subsequent Section . He was at Turin the 15th of August , and began to cross the Alps the next day . On the 25th he reached Lyons ...
... lines . The reader will find a further account of his design , and all that he finished of the Poem , in a subsequent Section . He was at Turin the 15th of August , and began to cross the Alps the next day . On the 25th he reached Lyons ...
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