The Works of Thomas Gray: LettersMacmillan, 1884 - 4 pages |
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... take more care of your health , if not for your own at least for our sakes , 1 Gray was of the same opinion in 1742 , when he wrote his splenetic Hymn to Ignorance .- [ Ed . ] and do not be so soon weary of this little LETTERS . 5.
... take more care of your health , if not for your own at least for our sakes , 1 Gray was of the same opinion in 1742 , when he wrote his splenetic Hymn to Ignorance .- [ Ed . ] and do not be so soon weary of this little LETTERS . 5.
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... wrote for her the parts of Zaïre and Alzire .— [ Ed . ] 2 Abraham Alexis Quinault - Dufresne ( 1690-1767 ) , the famous comedian , distinguished alike for his talent , his vanity , and his eccentricity . [ Ed . ] 3 A delightful comedy ...
... wrote for her the parts of Zaïre and Alzire .— [ Ed . ] 2 Abraham Alexis Quinault - Dufresne ( 1690-1767 ) , the famous comedian , distinguished alike for his talent , his vanity , and his eccentricity . [ Ed . ] 3 A delightful comedy ...
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... wrote to you , and to be sure a beast I am . Now , when one owns it , I don't see what you have left to say . I take this opportunity to inform you ( an opportunity I have had every week this twelvemonth ) that I am arrived safe at ...
... wrote to you , and to be sure a beast I am . Now , when one owns it , I don't see what you have left to say . I take this opportunity to inform you ( an opportunity I have had every week this twelvemonth ) that I am arrived safe at ...
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... wrote himself , small , neat , and terse . I have several of his letters to me . But as to spectacles , though he could joke about them when he had no occasion for them , yet thirty years after , when he really wanted them and could not ...
... wrote himself , small , neat , and terse . I have several of his letters to me . But as to spectacles , though he could joke about them when he had no occasion for them , yet thirty years after , when he really wanted them and could not ...
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... wrote a minute description of everything he saw in this tour from Rome to Naples ; as also of the environs of Rome , Florence , etc. But as these papers are apparently only memorandums for his own use , I do not think it necessary to ...
... wrote a minute description of everything he saw in this tour from Rome to Naples ; as also of the environs of Rome , Florence , etc. But as these papers are apparently only memorandums for his own use , I do not think it necessary to ...
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