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 65
... received us with much politeness . The same night we eat part of a trout , taken in the lake , that weighed thirty - seven pounds ; as great a monster as it appeared to us , it was esteemed there nothing extraordinary , and they assured ...
... received us with much politeness . The same night we eat part of a trout , taken in the lake , that weighed thirty - seven pounds ; as great a monster as it appeared to us , it was esteemed there nothing extraordinary , and they assured ...
Page 113
... received a very diminutive letter ; it made ex- cuses for its unentertainingness , very little to the purpose ; since it assured me , very strongly , of your esteem , which is to me the thing ; all the rest appear but as the petits ...
... received a very diminutive letter ; it made ex- cuses for its unentertainingness , very little to the purpose ; since it assured me , very strongly , of your esteem , which is to me the thing ; all the rest appear but as the petits ...
Page 130
... receiving her son's orders from Anicetus to remove from Baiæ , and to have her guard taken from her . At this time Otho , having conveyed Poppea from the house of her husband Rufus Cris- pinus , brings her to Baiæ , where he means to ...
... receiving her son's orders from Anicetus to remove from Baiæ , and to have her guard taken from her . At this time Otho , having conveyed Poppea from the house of her husband Rufus Cris- pinus , brings her to Baiæ , where he means to ...
Page 204
... received from you equally surprises and afflicts me . * I have lost a person I loved very much , and have been used to from my infancy ; but am much more concerned for your loss , the circumstances of which I forbear to dwell upon , as ...
... received from you equally surprises and afflicts me . * I have lost a person I loved very much , and have been used to from my infancy ; but am much more concerned for your loss , the circumstances of which I forbear to dwell upon , as ...
Page 207
... received with all the applause it so justly me- rited . Amongst the rest of the fashionable world , for to these only it was at present communicated , Lady Cobham , who now lived at the mansion- One cannot therefore help lamenting ...
... received with all the applause it so justly me- rited . Amongst the rest of the fashionable world , for to these only it was at present communicated , Lady Cobham , who now lived at the mansion- One cannot therefore help lamenting ...
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