The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With a MemoirLittle, Brown, 1865 - 223 pages |
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Page ii
... poet , and is supposed to be the author of a tragedy called Hecuba , ' published in 1726. Mason says that , when at school , West's genius was thought to be more brilliant than his friend's . A portrait of the father is in the hall of ...
... poet , and is supposed to be the author of a tragedy called Hecuba , ' published in 1726. Mason says that , when at school , West's genius was thought to be more brilliant than his friend's . A portrait of the father is in the hall of ...
Page xv
... poet whose genius was so little analo- gous to his own . I must confess I cannot , even in the Dramatic Fragment given us by Mr. Mason , discover any other resem- blance to Racine , than in the length of the speeches . The fault ...
... poet whose genius was so little analo- gous to his own . I must confess I cannot , even in the Dramatic Fragment given us by Mr. Mason , discover any other resem- blance to Racine , than in the length of the speeches . The fault ...
Page xvi
... Dr. Anderson , in the edition of the British Poets , is very incomplete : and Mr. Alexander Chalmers , in his subsequent edition , has omitted them entirely . C " Lord Grenville , a criticism which does credit to xvi LIFE OF GRAY . POEMS.
... Dr. Anderson , in the edition of the British Poets , is very incomplete : and Mr. Alexander Chalmers , in his subsequent edition , has omitted them entirely . C " Lord Grenville , a criticism which does credit to xvi LIFE OF GRAY . POEMS.
Page xix
... poet has followed the usage of his native tongue , and the example of its best masters . The gram- marian appears unacquainted both with its prac- tice and its principles . The censure serves only to betray the evil passions , which in ...
... poet has followed the usage of his native tongue , and the example of its best masters . The gram- marian appears unacquainted both with its prac- tice and its principles . The censure serves only to betray the evil passions , which in ...
Page xxv
... Poets , Historians , and Orators . " * Greek literature about this time seems to have been his constant study . He says in a letter : " I have read Pausanias and Athenæus all through ; and Eschylus again . I am now in Pindar , and ...
... Poets , Historians , and Orators . " * Greek literature about this time seems to have been his constant study . He says in a letter : " I have read Pausanias and Athenæus all through ; and Eschylus again . I am now in Pindar , and ...
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