Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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Page 51
... side of you , is placed a semicircle of very handsome buildings , which form the stables . These we will not enter into , because you know we are no jockies . Well ! and is this the great front of Versailles ? What a huge heap of ...
... side of you , is placed a semicircle of very handsome buildings , which form the stables . These we will not enter into , because you know we are no jockies . Well ! and is this the great front of Versailles ? What a huge heap of ...
Page 52
... sides a great sameness in the walks , cannot help striking one at first sight , not to mention the silli- est of labyrinths , and all Æsop's fables in water ; since these were designed in usum Delphini only . Here then we walk by ...
... sides a great sameness in the walks , cannot help striking one at first sight , not to mention the silli- est of labyrinths , and all Æsop's fables in water ; since these were designed in usum Delphini only . Here then we walk by ...
Page 54
... side of the great moat under the ram- parts , where one hears a continual croaking of frogs ; the country round about is one great plain covered with vines , which at this time of the year afford no very pleasing prospect , as being not ...
... side of the great moat under the ram- parts , where one hears a continual croaking of frogs ; the country round about is one great plain covered with vines , which at this time of the year afford no very pleasing prospect , as being not ...
Page 55
... side of a fountain under the trees , and a very elegant supper served up ; after which another said , Come , let us sing , and directly began herself : from sing- ing we insensibly fell to dancing , and singing in a round ; when ...
... side of a fountain under the trees , and a very elegant supper served up ; after which another said , Come , let us sing , and directly began herself : from sing- ing we insensibly fell to dancing , and singing in a round ; when ...
Page 56
... side of the river Marne , with a chain of hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered with woods and vineyards , and every now and then the ruins of some old castle on their tops ; we lay at St. Di- zier the first night , and ...
... side of the river Marne , with a chain of hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered with woods and vineyards , and every now and then the ruins of some old castle on their tops ; we lay at St. Di- zier the first night , and ...
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