Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingReprint of what may once have been one of the most familiar poems in English from the 18th century. At a time when few could read in England, one of its most educated sons, and the companion of Horace ... Read full review
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ADDITIONS animals beautiful beneath branch BRANSTON AND WRIGHT breast BYFIELD CALENDAR OF NATURE CATTERMOLE celebrated CHURCH-YARD cloth completed CONSTABLE copies COPLEY FIELDING delightful Designs domestic drawn E'en e'er ECONOMY Editor elegant Elegy eminent artists Engraving on Wood erected eyes FABLES feeling FIELDING fifty figures fire FISHES Fleet Forbad FRANK HOWARD Full give GRAY Hands HART heap heart HISTORY OF BRITISH HOLY hope hour Ichthyology ILLUSTRATED EDITION illustrated with wood-cuts imperial import intended JACKSON JOHN VAN VOORST kind l'histoire laid LANDSEER Large late lawn lead limited number live LONDON look mankind meet Memory merits mind MONTH Morn Natural History Neatly never octavo ouvrage PATERNOSTER-ROW path Perhaps Poem pregnant present PRINTED produce publication published received recommend RESPECT rest SAMUEL smiling soul species Steel THOMPSON tomb volume WILLIAMS wish WRIGHT Yarrell yonder young