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... presently quote . But they were both dreamy and studious lads who had neither strength nor inclination for the activities of their more robust fellows . They never , as Walpole after- wards said , " made an expedition against bargemen ...
... presently quote . But they were both dreamy and studious lads who had neither strength nor inclination for the activities of their more robust fellows . They never , as Walpole after- wards said , " made an expedition against bargemen ...
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... presently cleared away and the old relations renewed , though whether with quite the same warmth of feeling on Gray's side seems doubtful . Such renewal was , at any rate , a great advantage to him , as it helped to break to some extent ...
... presently cleared away and the old relations renewed , though whether with quite the same warmth of feeling on Gray's side seems doubtful . Such renewal was , at any rate , a great advantage to him , as it helped to break to some extent ...
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... presently got into the hands of the editor of the " Magazine of Maga- zines , " who wrote to the author that he pro- posed to print it . This forced Gray to publish on his own account , and in February 1751 the " Elegy " appeared ...
... presently got into the hands of the editor of the " Magazine of Maga- zines , " who wrote to the author that he pro- posed to print it . This forced Gray to publish on his own account , and in February 1751 the " Elegy " appeared ...
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