Enezish CONTENTS. 2. On the Death of a Favourite Cat 3. On a distant Prospect of Eton College SonNet on the Death of Mr. West . MEMOIRS. -SECTION I. INTRODUCTION.-Mr. Gray's birth.—Education at Eton, where he commences a friendship with the Hon. Horace Walpole, and Mr. Richard West. --Account of the latter, with whom and with Mr. Walpole a correspondence begins on their leaving school, and going to the university P. 127 P. 133 LETTER 1. From Mr. West.--Complains of his friend's si lence LETTER 2. To Mr. West.-Answer to the former.-A transla tion of some lines from Statius LETTER 3. From Mr. West,-Approbation of the version. Ridicule on the Cambridge Collection of Verses on the marriage of the Prince of Wales p. 134 p. 138 Preface of the Editor to the subsequent letter p. 140 p. 143 p. 146 p. 148 Letter 4. To Mr. WEST.-On the little encouragement which he finds given to classical learning at Cambridge.--His aversion to metaphysical and mathematical studies • p. 141 LETTER 5. From Mr. West.-Answer to the former, advises his correspondent not to give up Poetry when he applies himself to the Law LETTER 6. To Mr. WALPOLE.—Excuse for not writing to him, &c. LETTER 7. From Mr. West.—A poetical epistle addressed to his Cambridge friends, taken in part from Tibullus and a prose letter of Mr. Pope LETTER 8. To Mr. West.—Thanks him for his poetical epistle. -Complains of low spirits.---Lady Walpole's death, and his concern for Mr. H. Walpole LETTER 9. To Mr. Walrole.—How he spends his own time in the country ---Meets with Mr. Southern, the dramatic poet p. 154 LETTER 10. To Mr. WALPOLE.—Supposed manner in which Mr. Walpole spends his time in the country LEITER 11. From Mr. West.-Sends him a translation into Latin of a Greek epigram LETTER 12. To Mr. West.-A Latin epistle in answer to the foregoing LETTER 13. From Mr. West, on leaving the Cniversity, and removing to the Temple P. 153 p. 157 p. 158 p. 160 p. 162 p. 164 P. 167 LETTER 14. To Mr. West.--A Sapphic Ode, occasioned by the preceding letter, with a Latin postscript, concluding with an Alcaic fragment LETTER 15. From Mr. West.--Thanks for his Ode, &c.—His idea of Sir Robert Walpole Letter 16. To Mr. Walpole.-Congratulates him on his new place.-Whimsical description of the quadrangle of Peter House LETTER 17. To Mr. WEST.-On his own leaving the Univer sity LETTER 18. From Mr. West.–Sends him a Latin Elegy in p. 169 . P. 171 answer to Mr. Gray's Sapphic Ode p. 173 Short Narrative concluding the Section p. 175 SECTION II. p. 177 p. 179 Connecting Narrative.--Mr. Gray goes abroad with Mr. Walpole. -Corresponds, during his tour, with his parents and Mr. West LETTER 1. To his MOTHER.–His voyage from Dover.-De scription of Calais.-Abbeville.—Amiens.-Face of the country, and dress of the people LETTER 2. To Mr. West.-Monuments of the kings of France at St. Denis, &c.—French Opera and Music.--Actors, &c. p. 182 LETTER 3. To Mr. West.-Palace of Versailles.--Its gardens and water-works.-Installation of the Knights du S. Esprit p. 187 LETTER 4. To his MOTHER.-Rheims.--Its cathedral.-Dis position and amusements of its inhabitants LETTER 5. To his FATHER.–Face of the country between Rheins and Dijon.—Description of the latter.--Monastery of the Carthusians and Cistercians Letter 6. To Mr. West.–Lyons.--Beauty of its environs.“ Roman antiquities P. 191 p. 194 P. 196 p. 199 p. 201 p. 204 P. 207 p. 210 LETTER 7. From Mr. West.-His wishes to accompany his friend.--His retired life in London.-Address to his Lyre, in Latin Sapphics, on the prospect of Mr. Gray's return LETTER 8. To his Mother.-Lyons.--Excursion to the Grande Chartreuse.-Solemn and romantic approach to it.-His recep tion there, and commendation of the monastery LETTER 9. To his FATHER.--Geneva.-Advantage of a free government exhibited in the very look of the people.- Beauty of the lake, and plenty of its fish LETTER 10. To his Mother.-Journey over the Alps to Turin. Singular accident in passing them.—Method of travelling over mount Cenis. Letter 11. To Mr. West.–Turin.-Its Carnival.-More of the views and scenery on the road to the Grande Chartreuse.-Wild and savage prospects amongst the Alps agreeable to Livy's description LETTER 12. To Mr. West.-Genoa.—Music.—The Doge.- Churches and the Palazzo Doria . LETTER 13. To his Mother.— Paintings at Modena.- Bologna. - Beauty and richness of Lombardy LETTER 14. To his MOTHER.—The Apennines.--Florence and its gallery LETTER 15. To Mr. West.-Journey from Genoa to Florence. --Elegiac verses occasioned by the sight of the plains where the battle of Trebiæ was fought LETTER 16. From Mr. West.---- Latin Elegy, expressing his wishes to see Italy and Greece LETTER 17. To his MOTHER.-Death of the Pope.--Intended departure for Rome.-first and pleasing appearance of an Ita lian spring LETTER 18. To his MOTHER.-Cathedral of Sienna.-Viterbo. --Distant sight of Rome.— The Tiber.- Entrance into the city.St. Peter's.--Introduction of the Cardinal d'Auvergne into the Conclave P. 214 p. 216 p. 219 P. 223 p. 225 p. 226 |