The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With a MemoirLittle, Brown, 1865 - 223 pages |
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... Passage from Statius 126 The Fragment of a Tragedy , on the Subject of the Death of Agrippina 128 · Hymn to Ignorance 140 · The Alliance of Education and Government 143 • Stanzas to Mr. Bentley 153 • Sketch of his own Character · • 155 ...
... Passage from Statius 126 The Fragment of a Tragedy , on the Subject of the Death of Agrippina 128 · Hymn to Ignorance 140 · The Alliance of Education and Government 143 • Stanzas to Mr. Bentley 153 • Sketch of his own Character · • 155 ...
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... passage sketches the outline of an Italian tour , which , I believe , few of our travellers have ever completed : " I conclude , when the winter is over , and you have seen Rome and Naples , you will strike out of the beaten path of ...
... passage sketches the outline of an Italian tour , which , I believe , few of our travellers have ever completed : " I conclude , when the winter is over , and you have seen Rome and Naples , you will strike out of the beaten path of ...
Page viii
... passage which shows Mr. Mason's conjecture , that the 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 ...
... passage which shows Mr. Mason's conjecture , that the 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 ...
Page x
... passage : " The quarrel between Gray and me arose from his being too serious a companion . I had just broke loose from the restraint of the University , with as much money as I could spend ; and I was willing to in- dulge myself . Gray ...
... passage : " The quarrel between Gray and me arose from his being too serious a companion . I had just broke loose from the restraint of the University , with as much money as I could spend ; and I was willing to in- dulge myself . Gray ...
Page xviii
... passages it may be doubted to which of these two parts of speech such words should properly be referred . " 3rdly . Between these participial adjectives , and those which Johnson condemns , there is the closest analogy . Both are ...
... passages it may be doubted to which of these two parts of speech such words should properly be referred . " 3rdly . Between these participial adjectives , and those which Johnson condemns , there is the closest analogy . Both are ...
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