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... Gray's use of this form of the word , no doubt , has had much to do with its acceptance . 81. Spelt by the unlettered Muse . Engraved by an uneducated person . 92. E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires . Gray here quotes from ...
... Gray's use of this form of the word , no doubt , has had much to do with its acceptance . 81. Spelt by the unlettered Muse . Engraved by an uneducated person . 92. E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires . Gray here quotes from ...
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... Gray quotes from Shake- speare in connection with this line : - " A bank O'ercanopied with luscious woodbine ... here quotes from Virgil : " Nare per aestatem liquidam . " ( To float through the clear summer air . ) 30. Quick - glancing ...
... Gray quotes from Shake- speare in connection with this line : - " A bank O'ercanopied with luscious woodbine ... here quotes from Virgil : " Nare per aestatem liquidam . " ( To float through the clear summer air . ) 30. Quick - glancing ...
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Thomas Gray. who died in June , 1742. ( See " Sonnet on the Death of Richard West . " ) 19. And , redolent of joy and youth . Gray here quotes from Dryden : - " And bees their honey redolent of spring . " - - The Pythagorean Philosophy ...
Thomas Gray. who died in June , 1742. ( See " Sonnet on the Death of Richard West . " ) 19. And , redolent of joy and youth . Gray here quotes from Dryden : - " And bees their honey redolent of spring . " - - The Pythagorean Philosophy ...
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... here quotes from Cowley , but incorrectly : " Words , that weep , and tears that speak . " The verse should read : • " Tears , which shall understand , and speak . " Gray The Prophet , 1. 20 . 111. But ah ! ' tis heard no more . " We ...
... here quotes from Cowley , but incorrectly : " Words , that weep , and tears that speak . " The verse should read : • " Tears , which shall understand , and speak . " Gray The Prophet , 1. 20 . 111. But ah ! ' tis heard no more . " We ...
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... Gray wrote for the ode , but which he discarded , is interesting : " The army of Edward I , as they march through a ... Gray here quotes the following line from Shakespeare : " Mocking the air with colors idly spread . " - King John ...
... Gray wrote for the ode , but which he discarded , is interesting : " The army of Edward I , as they march through a ... Gray here quotes the following line from Shakespeare : " Mocking the air with colors idly spread . " - King John ...
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