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A few weeks after his return his father died , and he went with his mother to live at StokePoges , near Windsor . 2 Gray now seems to have considered seriously the study of x INTRODUCTION.
A few weeks after his return his father died , and he went with his mother to live at StokePoges , near Windsor . 2 Gray now seems to have considered seriously the study of x INTRODUCTION.
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The “ Ode on the Spring , ' " “ Sonnet on the Death of Richard West ” ( West died on June 1 ) , “ Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College , ” and “ Hymn to Adversity ” all belong to this period , besides the opening stanzas of the ...
The “ Ode on the Spring , ' " “ Sonnet on the Death of Richard West ” ( West died on June 1 ) , “ Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College , ” and “ Hymn to Adversity ” all belong to this period , besides the opening stanzas of the ...
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He died on the 30th , and was buried beside his mother at Stoke - Poges in the church - yard made famous by his " Elegy . " APPRECIATIONS In the management of his metre , Gray has no superior . His ear was exquisite , and a few harsh ...
He died on the 30th , and was buried beside his mother at Stoke - Poges in the church - yard made famous by his " Elegy . " APPRECIATIONS In the management of his metre , Gray has no superior . His ear was exquisite , and a few harsh ...
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When Cowper was six years old , his mother died , and he was soon afterward enrolled in a private school at Market Street , a village a few miles from his home . He remained there for two years , when an infection of the eyes compelled ...
When Cowper was six years old , his mother died , and he was soon afterward enrolled in a private school at Market Street , a village a few miles from his home . He remained there for two years , when an infection of the eyes compelled ...
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In 1767 Mr. Unwin died , and Cowper removed with Mrs. Unwin to Olney in Buckinghamshire , where John Newton was curate . The change proved a beneficial one , for although the poet was again attacked by insanity in 1773 , he was in the ...
In 1767 Mr. Unwin died , and Cowper removed with Mrs. Unwin to Olney in Buckinghamshire , where John Newton was curate . The change proved a beneficial one , for although the poet was again attacked by insanity in 1773 , he was in the ...
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems Macmillian's pocket American and English classics |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1909 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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