The Letters of Thomas Gray: Including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Volume 3G. Bell and sons, 1912 - Poets, English |
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... interests himself about him ; from him I shall probably know if he can be persuaded to drop his design . There is a Mr. Anguish in town ( with whom I fancy you were once acquainted ) ; he probably can best inform you of his con- dition ...
... interests himself about him ; from him I shall probably know if he can be persuaded to drop his design . There is a Mr. Anguish in town ( with whom I fancy you were once acquainted ) ; he probably can best inform you of his con- dition ...
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... interest- ing , if not beautiful ; and sweet voice . She subsequently held high rank among female singers in serious opera in Naples and other Italian cities . 1 " Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera , " etc. ( Virg . " Æn . , " vi ...
... interest- ing , if not beautiful ; and sweet voice . She subsequently held high rank among female singers in serious opera in Naples and other Italian cities . 1 " Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera , " etc. ( Virg . " Æn . , " vi ...
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... interest to appoint Count Algarotti their " Arbiter Elegantiarum . " He is highly civil to our nation , but there is one little point , in which he does not do us justice . I am the more solicitous about it , because it relates to the ...
... interest to appoint Count Algarotti their " Arbiter Elegantiarum . " He is highly civil to our nation , but there is one little point , in which he does not do us justice . I am the more solicitous about it , because it relates to the ...
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... interest , and the Cambridge aspirants for preferment therefore promoted his canvass . 2 Gray probably speaks of Sandwich ( and Halifax ) in a letter to West , the last of Gray's that he ever saw : " They are now statesmen ; Do you not ...
... interest , and the Cambridge aspirants for preferment therefore promoted his canvass . 2 Gray probably speaks of Sandwich ( and Halifax ) in a letter to West , the last of Gray's that he ever saw : " They are now statesmen ; Do you not ...
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... interest & a bustle . here is a poor Scribler , that he hires to write a weekly paper called the Scrutator , who by abuse of characters does all in his power to provoke people : but can not so much as get himself answer'd . I could not ...
... interest & a bustle . here is a poor Scribler , that he hires to write a weekly paper called the Scrutator , who by abuse of characters does all in his power to provoke people : but can not so much as get himself answer'd . I could not ...
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