Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings |
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... written in a Country Church - yard IMITATIONS , VARIATIONS , and ADDITIONAL NOTES · 448 451 453 • 4.57 · 459 460 • 464 · 466 • 471 · 477 · 481 484 · 487 • 489 · • 490 · 490 ❤ 491 • • 492 499 MEMOIRS MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ...
... written in a Country Church - yard IMITATIONS , VARIATIONS , and ADDITIONAL NOTES · 448 451 453 • 4.57 · 459 460 • 464 · 466 • 471 · 477 · 481 484 · 487 • 489 · • 490 · 490 ❤ 491 • • 492 499 MEMOIRS MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ...
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... writing in which he peculiarly excelled , as in these he always exprest the native tenderness and innocent gaiety of ... written as they ought to be ) can scarce ever be fit to see the light . " What ! not when they express the native ...
... writing in which he peculiarly excelled , as in these he always exprest the native tenderness and innocent gaiety of ... written as they ought to be ) can scarce ever be fit to see the light . " What ! not when they express the native ...
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... written by Mr. West's grand- father . + This consisted of about one hundred and ten lines , which were sent sepa- rately , and as I believe it was Mr. Gray's first attempt in English verse , it is a curiosity not to be entirely withheld ...
... written by Mr. West's grand- father . + This consisted of about one hundred and ten lines , which were sent sepa- rately , and as I believe it was Mr. Gray's first attempt in English verse , it is a curiosity not to be entirely withheld ...
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... written , deserve not to be transmitted to posterity ; and , indeed , are usually buried , as they ought to be , in the trash with which they are surrounded . Every person , who feels himself a poet , ought to be above prostituting his ...
... written , deserve not to be transmitted to posterity ; and , indeed , are usually buried , as they ought to be , in the trash with which they are surrounded . Every person , who feels himself a poet , ought to be above prostituting his ...
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... as his own to express its true light and shadow ? I would further observe , that whatever truth there might be in his satire at the time it was written , it can by no means affect the present state of the university . There is usu- ( 15 )
... as his own to express its true light and shadow ? I would further observe , that whatever truth there might be in his satire at the time it was written , it can by no means affect the present state of the university . There is usu- ( 15 )
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