Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 44
... short , it would be the finest travelling in the world , were it not for the inns , * This was before the introduction of post - chaises here , else it would not have appeared a circumstance worthy notice . * which are mostly terrible ...
... short , it would be the finest travelling in the world , were it not for the inns , * This was before the introduction of post - chaises here , else it would not have appeared a circumstance worthy notice . * which are mostly terrible ...
Page 45
... short English miles ; but by the way we dined at Montreuil , much to our hearts ' content , on stinking mutton cutlets , addled eggs , and ditch water . Madame , the hostess , made her appearance in long lappets of bone lace and a sack ...
... short English miles ; but by the way we dined at Montreuil , much to our hearts ' content , on stinking mutton cutlets , addled eggs , and ditch water . Madame , the hostess , made her appearance in long lappets of bone lace and a sack ...
Page 46
... short petticoats , and a great head - dress of blue wool . LETTER II . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . Paris , April 12 , 1739 . Enfin , donc , me voici à Paris . Mr. Walpole is gone out to supper at Lord Conway's , and here I remain alone ...
... short petticoats , and a great head - dress of blue wool . LETTER II . MR . GRAY TO MR . WEST . Paris , April 12 , 1739 . Enfin , donc , me voici à Paris . Mr. Walpole is gone out to supper at Lord Conway's , and here I remain alone ...
Page 56
... short days journey of it from Rheims hither , where we arrived the night before last the road we have passed through has been extremely agreeable ; it runs through the most fertile part of Champaigne by the side of the river Marne ...
... short days journey of it from Rheims hither , where we arrived the night before last the road we have passed through has been extremely agreeable ; it runs through the most fertile part of Champaigne by the side of the river Marne ...
Page 59
... in the ground : in short , a thousand matters that you shall not know , till you give me a descrip- tion of the Païs de Tombridge , and the effect its waters have upon you . LETTER VII . MR . WEST TO MR . GRAY ( 59 )
... in the ground : in short , a thousand matters that you shall not know , till you give me a descrip- tion of the Païs de Tombridge , and the effect its waters have upon you . LETTER VII . MR . WEST TO MR . GRAY ( 59 )
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