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 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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... 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 ) To Mr WALPOLE Concerning the intention of publishing.
... 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 ) To Mr WALPOLE Concerning the intention of publishing.
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... manner than age ; ' tis like the stream that nourishes a plant upon a bank , and causes it to flourish and blossom to the sight , but at the same time is undermining it at the root in secret . " Pope's Works , vol . 7 , page 254 , 1st ...
... manner than age ; ' tis like the stream that nourishes a plant upon a bank , and causes it to flourish and blossom to the sight , but at the same time is undermining it at the root in secret . " Pope's Works , vol . 7 , page 254 , 1st ...
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... Mr. Gray writes from the same place he did before , from his uncle's house in Buckinghamshire . by a convert of yours , one who has brought ( 28 ) To Mr WALPOLE Supposed manner in which Mr Walpole spends his time in the country.
... Mr. Gray writes from the same place he did before , from his uncle's house in Buckinghamshire . by a convert of yours , one who has brought ( 28 ) To Mr WALPOLE Supposed manner in which Mr Walpole spends his time in the country.
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