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 107
... opinion . Now I talk of verses , Mr. Walpole and I have frequent- ly wondered you should never mention a certain imitation of Spencer , published last year by a + namesake of yours , with which we are all enrap- tured and enmarvailed ...
... opinion . Now I talk of verses , Mr. Walpole and I have frequent- ly wondered you should never mention a certain imitation of Spencer , published last year by a + namesake of yours , with which we are all enrap- tured and enmarvailed ...
Page 120
... opinion of Pausanias * till I can see the whole , and only have said what I did in obedience to your commands . I have spoken with such free- * Some part of a tragedy under that title , which Mr. West had begun ; but I do not find ...
... opinion of Pausanias * till I can see the whole , and only have said what I did in obedience to your commands . I have spoken with such free- * Some part of a tragedy under that title , which Mr. West had begun ; but I do not find ...
Page 138
... opinion ; he no where gives you the phrases of Ronsard : his lan- guage is the language of the times , and that of the purest sort ; so that his French is reckoned a standard . I will not decide what style is fit for our English stage ...
... opinion ; he no where gives you the phrases of Ronsard : his lan- guage is the language of the times , and that of the purest sort ; so that his French is reckoned a standard . I will not decide what style is fit for our English stage ...
Page 141
... opinion than of his master . + Whimsically put , -But what shall we say of the present taste of the French , when a writer whom Mr. Gray so justly esteemed as M. Marivaux is now held in such contempt , that Marivauder is a fashionable ...
... opinion than of his master . + Whimsically put , -But what shall we say of the present taste of the French , when a writer whom Mr. Gray so justly esteemed as M. Marivaux is now held in such contempt , that Marivauder is a fashionable ...
Page 144
... opinion , una litura may do the business better than a dozen ; and you need not fear unravelling my web . I am a sort of spider ; and have little else to do but spin it over again , or creep to some other place and spin there . Alas ...
... opinion , una litura may do the business better than a dozen ; and you need not fear unravelling my web . I am a sort of spider ; and have little else to do but spin it over again , or creep to some other place and spin there . Alas ...
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