Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 38
... perhaps be as much admired as the Via Appia : there are , at present , several rivulets to be crossed , and which serve to enliven the view all around . The country is exceeding fruitful in ravens and such black cattle ; but , not to ...
... perhaps be as much admired as the Via Appia : there are , at present , several rivulets to be crossed , and which serve to enliven the view all around . The country is exceeding fruitful in ravens and such black cattle ; but , not to ...
Page 50
... perhaps more than you can bear ; and , moreover , I think I have reason to stomach your last piece of gravity . Supposing you were in your soberest mood , I am sorry you should think me capable of ever being so dissipé , so evaporé , as ...
... perhaps more than you can bear ; and , moreover , I think I have reason to stomach your last piece of gravity . Supposing you were in your soberest mood , I am sorry you should think me capable of ever being so dissipé , so evaporé , as ...
Page 66
... perhaps we may have the fortune to be present at the election of a new one , when Rome will be in all its glory . Friday next we certainly begin our journey ; in two days we shall come to the foot of the Alps , and six more we shall be ...
... perhaps we may have the fortune to be present at the election of a new one , when Rome will be in all its glory . Friday next we certainly begin our journey ; in two days we shall come to the foot of the Alps , and six more we shall be ...
Page 71
... perhaps should have been a disciple of his , had I been born in his time . You may believe Abelard and Heloïse were not forgot upon this occasion : if I do not mistake , I saw you too every now and then at a distance among the trees ...
... perhaps should have been a disciple of his , had I been born in his time . You may believe Abelard and Heloïse were not forgot upon this occasion : if I do not mistake , I saw you too every now and then at a distance among the trees ...
Page 104
... perhaps might make me more reserved towards you , if you were one of the heroic race , superior to all human fail- ings but as mutual wants are the ties of general society , so are mutual weaknesses of private friend- ship , supposing ...
... perhaps might make me more reserved towards you , if you were one of the heroic race , superior to all human fail- ings but as mutual wants are the ties of general society , so are mutual weaknesses of private friend- ship , supposing ...
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