Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 40
... shew you my esteem of your favours , I venture to send you by the penny . post , to your father's , what you will find on the next page ; I hope it will reach you soon after your arrival , your boxes out of the waggon , your- self out ...
... shew you my esteem of your favours , I venture to send you by the penny . post , to your father's , what you will find on the next page ; I hope it will reach you soon after your arrival , your boxes out of the waggon , your- self out ...
Page 90
... shew you for Horace's house , a curious situation to ob- serve the 66 Præceps Anio , et Tiburni lucus , et uda Mobilibus pomaria rivis . " f Mæcenas did not care for such a noise , it seems , and built him a house ( which they also ...
... shew you for Horace's house , a curious situation to ob- serve the 66 Præceps Anio , et Tiburni lucus , et uda Mobilibus pomaria rivis . " f Mæcenas did not care for such a noise , it seems , and built him a house ( which they also ...
Page 98
... shew you the situation of Naples ; it is on the most lovely bay in the world , and one of the calmest seas : it has many other beauties besides those of nature . We have spent two days in visiting the remarkable places in the country ...
... shew you the situation of Naples ; it is on the most lovely bay in the world , and one of the calmest seas : it has many other beauties besides those of nature . We have spent two days in visiting the remarkable places in the country ...
Page 105
... shew one that it is not absolutely necessary to be a blockhead to succeed in this profession . The labour is long , and the elements dry and unenter- taining ; nor was ever any body ( especially those that afterwards made a figure in it ) ...
... shew one that it is not absolutely necessary to be a blockhead to succeed in this profession . The labour is long , and the elements dry and unenter- taining ; nor was ever any body ( especially those that afterwards made a figure in it ) ...
Page 109
... shew them what he said in the language he spoke it . " Eminssimi . Sigri . Ci siamo tré , diversi sì , mà tutti idonei al Papato . Se vi piace un santo , c ' è l'Gotti ; se volete una testa scaltra , e politica , c ' è l'Aldrovandé ; se ...
... shew them what he said in the language he spoke it . " Eminssimi . Sigri . Ci siamo tré , diversi sì , mà tutti idonei al Papato . Se vi piace un santo , c ' è l'Gotti ; se volete una testa scaltra , e politica , c ' è l'Aldrovandé ; se ...
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