The Letters of Thomas Gray: Including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Volume 3G. Bell and sons, 1912 - Poets, English |
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... beauty of the Gothic architec- ture began to appear . The chapter - house is in all prob- ability his work , and ( I should suppose ) built in his latter days , whereas what he did of the south transept might be performed soon after his ...
... beauty of the Gothic architec- ture began to appear . The chapter - house is in all prob- ability his work , and ( I should suppose ) built in his latter days , whereas what he did of the south transept might be performed soon after his ...
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... beauty ; but with the utmost justness of ear , the strongest expression of countenance , the most speaking eyes , the greatest vivacity and variety of gesture . Her first appearance instantly fixed their attention ; the tumult sunk at ...
... beauty ; but with the utmost justness of ear , the strongest expression of countenance , the most speaking eyes , the greatest vivacity and variety of gesture . Her first appearance instantly fixed their attention ; the tumult sunk at ...
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... beauty to anything that Europe can produce . The expence you will not much regard on such an occasion , and ( if you suffer them to be sold ) that would be greatly diminished , and most probably reimbursed . As to notes ( and I think ...
... beauty to anything that Europe can produce . The expence you will not much regard on such an occasion , and ( if you suffer them to be sold ) that would be greatly diminished , and most probably reimbursed . As to notes ( and I think ...
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... beauty lies West of the house , where ( when the stone walls of the meadows are taken away ) the grounds ( naturally unequal ) will have a very park - like appearance . they are already full of trees , wch need only thinning here ...
... beauty lies West of the house , where ( when the stone walls of the meadows are taken away ) the grounds ( naturally unequal ) will have a very park - like appearance . they are already full of trees , wch need only thinning here ...
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... beauty . I saw four old chestnuts in the road , as you enter the park , of vast bulk & height . One beech tree I measured , that was 16 feet , 7 inches in the girth , & ( I guess ) near 80 feet in height . The Gardiner presented us with ...
... beauty . I saw four old chestnuts in the road , as you enter the park , of vast bulk & height . One beech tree I measured , that was 16 feet , 7 inches in the girth , & ( I guess ) near 80 feet in height . The Gardiner presented us with ...
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