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General Wolfe received a copy on the eve of the assault on Quebec ; he was so struck with its beauty , that he is said to have exclaimed , that he would have preferred being its author , to that of being the victor in the projected ...
General Wolfe received a copy on the eve of the assault on Quebec ; he was so struck with its beauty , that he is said to have exclaimed , that he would have preferred being its author , to that of being the victor in the projected ...
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The difficulty in selecting the version in the former language has happily been removed , the refined taste of the author of - The Purguits of Literature " having stamped the seal of his critical.
The difficulty in selecting the version in the former language has happily been removed , the refined taste of the author of - The Purguits of Literature " having stamped the seal of his critical.
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The author alluded to states that , in many passages , “ Nature , Gray , and Cooke , do seem to contend for the mastery , but , above all , in the famous stanza , • The boast of heraldry , ' & c . Bion , or Moschus , never exceeded ...
The author alluded to states that , in many passages , “ Nature , Gray , and Cooke , do seem to contend for the mastery , but , above all , in the famous stanza , • The boast of heraldry , ' & c . Bion , or Moschus , never exceeded ...
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ix a The French translation is by Le Tourneur , author also of a similar attempt with “ Young's Night Thoughts ” and “ Hervey's Meditations ; ” a language , it would appear , the least capable of any other of communicating a faithful ...
ix a The French translation is by Le Tourneur , author also of a similar attempt with “ Young's Night Thoughts ” and “ Hervey's Meditations ; ” a language , it would appear , the least capable of any other of communicating a faithful ...
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For many years past the Author of the present work has made these interesting remains his peculiar study , and during this period there have passed through his hands more than 120,000 fruits and seeds , from which he has selected about ...
For many years past the Author of the present work has made these interesting remains his peculiar study , and during this period there have passed through his hands more than 120,000 fruits and seeds , from which he has selected about ...
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | John Van Voorst, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2004 |
| Length | 64 pages |
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