The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... present Edition of the Writings of the illustrious GRAY , my desire may in some measure be accomplished . — What he was as a Poet and a Man has justly entitled him to a laurel lasting as Time itself ; and Sir , let it not be considered ...
... present Edition of the Writings of the illustrious GRAY , my desire may in some measure be accomplished . — What he was as a Poet and a Man has justly entitled him to a laurel lasting as Time itself ; and Sir , let it not be considered ...
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... present employment in making out a list of places , in England , worth seeing 30. To Dr. WHARTON . On the forementioned list . Tragedy of Agis . · · • · 251 · 255 LETTER Various authors in the last volumes of Dodsley's Miscellany ( vi )
... present employment in making out a list of places , in England , worth seeing 30. To Dr. WHARTON . On the forementioned list . Tragedy of Agis . · · • · 251 · 255 LETTER Various authors in the last volumes of Dodsley's Miscellany ( vi )
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... present situation in town , and of his reading in the British Museum 36. To Dr. WHARTON . 269 • 271 On employment . Gardening . Character of Froissart . King of Prussia's Poems . Tristram Shandy • • 272 the Erse Fragments 275 37. To Mr ...
... present situation in town , and of his reading in the British Museum 36. To Dr. WHARTON . 269 • 271 On employment . Gardening . Character of Froissart . King of Prussia's Poems . Tristram Shandy • • 272 the Erse Fragments 275 37. To Mr ...
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... present , with too much distinc- tion in the literary as well as fashionable world , to make it necessary I should enlarge upon this subject ; but as the latter died before he could exert his uncommon abilities , it seems requisite to ...
... present , with too much distinc- tion in the literary as well as fashionable world , to make it necessary I should enlarge upon this subject ; but as the latter died before he could exert his uncommon abilities , it seems requisite to ...
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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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acquaintance admire Agrippina amusement Anicetus appear atque beautiful believe called Cambridge Caractacus character church death Duke Dunciad Elegy Elfrida Elidurus eyes fear Florence Genoa give gothic Grande Chartreuse GRAY TO DR Gray's Greek hæc hand head hear heart hexameters honour hope idea imagine IMITATION insert Italy King lady LETTER lines live Lord Lord Bolingbroke manner MASON Massinissa mean ment miles mind mother mountains Naples nature never night o'er occasion opinion passed perhaps Peterhouse Petrarch Pindar pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Posidippus quæ racter reader Rheims road Rome scene seems seen shew side Skiddaw sort spirit stanzas sure Syphax Tacitus taste tell Teverone thing thought Tibullus tion town Turin verse Walpole WEST WHARTON wish write written