The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With a MemoirLittle, Brown, 1865 - 223 pages |
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... ancient authors the modern appear- ance of the countries through which he passed . There are , indeed , few gratifications more exquisite than those which we experience in being able to identify the scenes , and realize the descriptions ...
... ancient authors the modern appear- ance of the countries through which he passed . There are , indeed , few gratifications more exquisite than those which we experience in being able to identify the scenes , and realize the descriptions ...
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... travellers did not recognise the ancient town of Herculaneum by name , to be unfounded . H. Walpole calls it by that name in his letter . Amula Trinacriis volvens incendia flammis . Mira fides ! credetne viii LIFE OF GRAY .
... travellers did not recognise the ancient town of Herculaneum by name , to be unfounded . H. Walpole calls it by that name in his letter . Amula Trinacriis volvens incendia flammis . Mira fides ! credetne viii LIFE OF GRAY .
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... ancient authors . He mentions that he was reading Thucydides , Theocritus , and Anacreon . He trans- lated some parts of Propertius with great elegance of language and versification , and selected for his Italian studies the poetry of ...
... ancient authors . He mentions that he was reading Thucydides , Theocritus , and Anacreon . He trans- lated some parts of Propertius with great elegance of language and versification , and selected for his Italian studies the poetry of ...
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... ancient poetry , and its use was properly long anterior to that of the verb , of which it now appears to be a parti- ciple . But that verb has since been fully adopted into our language . We now sugar our cups , as freely as our ...
... ancient poetry , and its use was properly long anterior to that of the verb , of which it now appears to be a parti- ciple . But that verb has since been fully adopted into our language . We now sugar our cups , as freely as our ...
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... ancient aversion ) , but a state poem on the Peace of Utrecht . If Mr. Pope had wrote a panegyric on it , one could hardly have read him with patience . But this is only a poor short - winded imitator of Addison , who had himself not ...
... ancient aversion ) , but a state poem on the Peace of Utrecht . If Mr. Pope had wrote a panegyric on it , one could hardly have read him with patience . But this is only a poor short - winded imitator of Addison , who had himself not ...
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