Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and WritingsJ. F. Dove, 1820 - 527 pages |
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... head and heart so constantly appear together , and the fertility of his fancy so intimately unites with the sympathetic tenderness of his soul , that were it in my intention , I should find it impossible to disjoin them . His parents ...
... head and heart so constantly appear together , and the fertility of his fancy so intimately unites with the sympathetic tenderness of his soul , that were it in my intention , I should find it impossible to disjoin them . His parents ...
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... head , as you have a little pique to him , I send you my translation , † which I did not en- gage in because I liked that part of the poem , nor do I now send it to you because I think it de- serves it , but merely to shew you how I ...
... head , as you have a little pique to him , I send you my translation , † which I did not en- gage in because I liked that part of the poem , nor do I now send it to you because I think it de- serves it , but merely to shew you how I ...
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... head , but it is in like manner as Apollo broke Hyacinth's - you have foiled him infinitely at his own weapon . I must insist on seeing the rest of your translation , and then I will examine it entire , and compare it with the Latin ...
... head , but it is in like manner as Apollo broke Hyacinth's - you have foiled him infinitely at his own weapon . I must insist on seeing the rest of your translation , and then I will examine it entire , and compare it with the Latin ...
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... heads of 1st , You ; 2dly , I : the first is indeed a subject to expatiate upon , but you might laugh at me for talking about what I do not understand ; the second is so tiny , so tiresome , that you shall hear no more of it than that ...
... heads of 1st , You ; 2dly , I : the first is indeed a subject to expatiate upon , but you might laugh at me for talking about what I do not understand ; the second is so tiny , so tiresome , that you shall hear no more of it than that ...
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... head untimely to the tomb ; Devotes Did e'er this hand against a brother's life Drug the dire bowl or point the murd'rous knife ? Did e'er this tongue the slanderer's tale proclaim , Or madly violate my Maker's name ? Did e'er this ...
... head untimely to the tomb ; Devotes Did e'er this hand against a brother's life Drug the dire bowl or point the murd'rous knife ? Did e'er this tongue the slanderer's tale proclaim , Or madly violate my Maker's name ? Did e'er this ...
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