Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... had imbibed of Dryden's spirited manner , at this early period , I insert at the end of the letter a specimen of the whole . His vigorous arm he try'd before he flung , Brac'd ( 12 ) To Mr WEST A Latin epistle in answer to the foregoing.
... had imbibed of Dryden's spirited manner , at this early period , I insert at the end of the letter a specimen of the whole . His vigorous arm he try'd before he flung , Brac'd ( 12 ) To Mr WEST A Latin epistle in answer to the foregoing.
Page 13
... manner as Apollo broke Hyacinth's - you have foiled him infinitely at his own weapon . I must insist on seeing the rest of your translation , and then I will examine it entire , and compare it with the Latin , and be very wise and ...
... manner as Apollo broke Hyacinth's - you have foiled him infinitely at his own weapon . I must insist on seeing the rest of your translation , and then I will examine it entire , and compare it with the Latin , and be very wise and ...
Page 14
... manner . I will send it you in my next as my true and lawful heir , in exclusion of the pretender , who has the impudence to appear under my name . As yet I have not looked into Sir Isaac . Pub- lic disputations I hate ; mathematics I ...
... manner . I will send it you in my next as my true and lawful heir , in exclusion of the pretender , who has the impudence to appear under my name . As yet I have not looked into Sir Isaac . Pub- lic disputations I hate ; mathematics I ...
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... manners , but of good letters ; for , if this spirit was then on the decline , it was not extinguished till after the year 1745. But we see ( as was natural enough in a young man ) he laid the blame rather on the mode of education than ...
... manners , but of good letters ; for , if this spirit was then on the decline , it was not extinguished till after the year 1745. But we see ( as was natural enough in a young man ) he laid the blame rather on the mode of education than ...
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... juvenile , but perhaps he meant to ridicule the affected manner of Mrs. Rowe's Letters of the Dead to the Living ; a book which was , I believe , published about this time . you may have contracted in the other , but pray ( 17 )
... juvenile , but perhaps he meant to ridicule the affected manner of Mrs. Rowe's Letters of the Dead to the Living ; a book which was , I believe , published about this time . you may have contracted in the other , but pray ( 17 )
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