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... magnificent scenery in Dauphiny , France . A few weeks after his return his father died , and he went with his mother to live at Stoke- Poges , near Windsor . 66 Gray now seems to have considered seriously the study of X INTRODUCTION.
... magnificent scenery in Dauphiny , France . A few weeks after his return his father died , and he went with his mother to live at Stoke- Poges , near Windsor . 66 Gray now seems to have considered seriously the study of X INTRODUCTION.
Page xi
... 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 " Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard " and the fragment " Agrippina , a ...
... 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 " Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard " and the fragment " Agrippina , a ...
Page xiii
... 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 lines ...
... 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 lines ...
Page xvi
... 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 him to give up his studies for a time . In ...
... 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 him to give up his studies for a time . In ...
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... died , and Cowper re- moved with Mrs. Unwin to Olney in Buckingham- shire , 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 midst of ...
... died , and Cowper re- moved with Mrs. Unwin to Olney in Buckingham- shire , 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 midst of ...
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