The Letters of Thomas Gray: Including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Volume 3G. Bell and sons, 1912 - Poets, English |
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... hill , I have been here time out of mind in a place , where no events grow , tho ' we preserve those of former days by way of Hortus Siccus in our libraries . my slumbers were disturbed the other day by an unexpected visit from Mr. W ...
... hill , I have been here time out of mind in a place , where no events grow , tho ' we preserve those of former days by way of Hortus Siccus in our libraries . my slumbers were disturbed the other day by an unexpected visit from Mr. W ...
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... Hill . 2 Is Carlyle wrong in supposing that Algarotti left Frederick finally in 1753 , or is this an honorary title , conferred for life ? 2 Pitt wrote to Mr. Hollis ( Mr. Hollis Brand ) from Hayes , Dec. 27th , 1762 : " With regard to ...
... Hill . 2 Is Carlyle wrong in supposing that Algarotti left Frederick finally in 1753 , or is this an honorary title , conferred for life ? 2 Pitt wrote to Mr. Hollis ( Mr. Hollis Brand ) from Hayes , Dec. 27th , 1762 : " With regard to ...
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... Hill Press , in small 4to , in 1764. 200 copies . - Mitford . It is an autobiography . He had been a soldier ; ambassador to France from 1618 to 1625 ; was made an English peer in 1631 ; espoused the cause first of the Court , then of ...
... Hill Press , in small 4to , in 1764. 200 copies . - Mitford . It is an autobiography . He had been a soldier ; ambassador to France from 1618 to 1625 ; was made an English peer in 1631 ; espoused the cause first of the Court , then of ...
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... Commons , and assaulting the Duke of Bedford , whom they followed to Bedford House , which on the 17th was in a state of siege , from which it was rescued by charges of cavalry . 2 House , the riot on Ludgate Hill , ' 74 GRAY'S LETTERS .
... Commons , and assaulting the Duke of Bedford , whom they followed to Bedford House , which on the 17th was in a state of siege , from which it was rescued by charges of cavalry . 2 House , the riot on Ludgate Hill , ' 74 GRAY'S LETTERS .
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... Hill , ' the royal embassy to Hayes , the carte blanche refused with disdain , the subver- sion of the ministry , which fights to the last gasp , and afterwards like the man che combattea e era morto , and yet stands upon its legs and ...
... Hill , ' the royal embassy to Hayes , the carte blanche refused with disdain , the subver- sion of the ministry , which fights to the last gasp , and afterwards like the man che combattea e era morto , and yet stands upon its legs and ...
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