The Poems and Letters of Thomas GrayR. Priestley, 1820 - 537 pages |
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... rising . Some of the cardinals dead . Description of the Pretender , his sons , and court . Procession at Naples . Sight of the King and Queen . Mildness of the air at Florence • · · 88 92 97 • • 99 · 102 · 24. From Mr. WEST . On his ...
... rising . Some of the cardinals dead . Description of the Pretender , his sons , and court . Procession at Naples . Sight of the King and Queen . Mildness of the air at Florence • · · 88 92 97 • • 99 · 102 · 24. From Mr. WEST . On his ...
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... rise , Shade all the ground and flourish to the skies ; The waves the while beneath in secret flow , And undermine the hollow bank below ; Wide and more wide the waters urge their way , Bare all the roots and on their fibres prey . Too ...
... rise , Shade all the ground and flourish to the skies ; The waves the while beneath in secret flow , And undermine the hollow bank below ; Wide and more wide the waters urge their way , Bare all the roots and on their fibres prey . Too ...
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... rising from one of them , one imagines it im- possible ever to eat again . And now , if I tell you all I have in my head , you will believe me mad , mais n'importe , courage , allons ! for if I wait till my head grow clear and settle a ...
... rising from one of them , one imagines it im- possible ever to eat again . And now , if I tell you all I have in my head , you will believe me mad , mais n'importe , courage , allons ! for if I wait till my head grow clear and settle a ...
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... rising in his car , out of the water , surrounded by nymphs and tritons , all in bronze , and finely executed ; and these , as they play , raise a perfect storm about him : beyond this is the great canal , a prodigious long piece of ...
... rising in his car , out of the water , surrounded by nymphs and tritons , all in bronze , and finely executed ; and these , as they play , raise a perfect storm about him : beyond this is the great canal , a prodigious long piece of ...
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... rise , and tum- bles over monstrous rocks quite down the other side of the mountain . The descent is six miles more , but infinitely more steep than the going up ; and here the men perfectly fly down with you , stepping from stone to ...
... rise , and tum- bles over monstrous rocks quite down the other side of the mountain . The descent is six miles more , but infinitely more steep than the going up ; and here the men perfectly fly down with you , stepping from stone to ...
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