The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... Means recommended to secure his restoration to health . Inquiries re- lative to an old picture • 435 17. Prevailing opinions respecting the work entitled Historic Doubts . Al- garotti's purchase of an excellent Holbein picture . Curious ...
... Means recommended to secure his restoration to health . Inquiries re- lative to an old picture • 435 17. Prevailing opinions respecting the work entitled Historic Doubts . Al- garotti's purchase of an excellent Holbein picture . Curious ...
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... means , " for in such letters the souls of men appear undrest , and in that negligent habit they may be fit to be seen by one or two in a chamber , but not to go abroad in the street . " See Life of Cowley , page 38 , Hurd's Edition ...
... means , " for in such letters the souls of men appear undrest , and in that negligent habit they may be fit to be seen by one or two in a chamber , but not to go abroad in the street . " See Life of Cowley , page 38 , Hurd's Edition ...
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... means , and by the assistance of a few notes which I shall occasionally add , it may be hoped that nothing will be omitted which may tend to give a regular and clear delineation of his life and character . But as this is the earliest ...
... means , and by the assistance of a few notes which I shall occasionally add , it may be hoped that nothing will be omitted which may tend to give a regular and clear delineation of his life and character . But as this is the earliest ...
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Thomas Gray. Aristarchus , of hyper - critical memory . In the mean while , And calm'd the terrors of his claws in gold , Is exactly Statius - Summos auro mansueverat un- gues . I never knew before that the golden fangs on hammercloths ...
Thomas Gray. Aristarchus , of hyper - critical memory . In the mean while , And calm'd the terrors of his claws in gold , Is exactly Statius - Summos auro mansueverat un- gues . I never knew before that the golden fangs on hammercloths ...
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... 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 )
... 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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