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... him in the school and were rough and rude . Indeed , Mr. Gray and his friend ( Wal- pole ) were looked upon as too delicate , upon which ix account they had few associates and never engaged in any INTRODUCTION: A Brief Life of Thomas Gray.
... him in the school and were rough and rude . Indeed , Mr. Gray and his friend ( Wal- pole ) were looked upon as too delicate , upon which ix account they had few associates and never engaged in any INTRODUCTION: A Brief Life of Thomas Gray.
Page x
Thomas Gray. account they had few associates and never engaged in any exercise nor partook of any boyish amuse- ments . " In 1734 Gray left Eton and entered Peterhouse , Cambridge , where he was admitted a pensioner . Here , as at the ...
Thomas Gray. account they had few associates and never engaged in any exercise nor partook of any boyish amuse- ments . " In 1734 Gray left Eton and entered Peterhouse , Cambridge , where he was admitted a pensioner . Here , as at the ...
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... never sinks below a certain level ; but among the most remark- able characteristics of his mind was an almost utter absence of creative or reproductive power , and an overpowering occupation with minutię . Nothing came from him ...
... never sinks below a certain level ; but among the most remark- able characteristics of his mind was an almost utter absence of creative or reproductive power , and an overpowering occupation with minutię . Nothing came from him ...
Page xvii
... never much inclined and in which I engaged , rather because I was desirous to gratify a most in- dulgent father , than because I had any hope in it myself . " In 1752 Cowper took chambers in the Inner Temple . By this step he presumably ...
... never much inclined and in which I engaged , rather because I was desirous to gratify a most in- dulgent father , than because I had any hope in it myself . " In 1752 Cowper took chambers in the Inner Temple . By this step he presumably ...
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... never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . 70 75 Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhymes and shapeless ...
... never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . 70 75 Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhymes and shapeless ...
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Ęschylus Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cęsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Edward Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cęsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote