Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 65
... mountains of Bugey , without meeting with any thing new : at last we came out into the plains of La Bresse , and so to Lyons again . Sir Robert has written to Mr. Walpole , to desire he would go to Italy , which he has resolved V + : 博 ...
... mountains of Bugey , without meeting with any thing new : at last we came out into the plains of La Bresse , and so to Lyons again . Sir Robert has written to Mr. Walpole , to desire he would go to Italy , which he has resolved V + : 博 ...
Page 66
... mountains where it is hardly ever summer . We are , however , as well armed as possible against the cold , with muffs , hoods , and masks of beaver , fur boots , and bear skins . When we arrive at Turin , we shall rest after the ...
... mountains where it is hardly ever summer . We are , however , as well armed as possible against the cold , with muffs , hoods , and masks of beaver , fur boots , and bear skins . When we arrive at Turin , we shall rest after the ...
Page 67
... mountain tops . The winter was so far advanced , as in great measure to spoil the beauty of the prospect ; however ... mountains ; and as we were passing one , met with an odd accident enough Mr. Walpole had a little fat black spa ...
... mountain tops . The winter was so far advanced , as in great measure to spoil the beauty of the prospect ; however ... mountains ; and as we were passing one , met with an odd accident enough Mr. Walpole had a little fat black spa ...
Page 68
... mountain . The descent is six miles more , but infinitely more steep than the going up ; and here the men perfectly fly down with you , stepping from stone to stone with incredible swift- ness in places where none but they could go ...
... mountain . The descent is six miles more , but infinitely more steep than the going up ; and here the men perfectly fly down with you , stepping from stone to stone with incredible swift- ness in places where none but they could go ...
Page 71
... mountain , be- cause the winter was rather too far advanced , and the weather a little foggy . However , it did not want its beauties ; the savage rudeness of the view is ... mountains have of being frightful rather too far ; F 2 ( 71 )
... mountain , be- cause the winter was rather too far advanced , and the weather a little foggy . However , it did not want its beauties ; the savage rudeness of the view is ... mountains have of being frightful rather too far ; F 2 ( 71 )
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