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Page viii
... Verses , supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk Ode to Peace The Modern Patriot Report of an Adjudged Case On Receipt of my Mother's Picture The Needless Alarm 84 86 87 90 91 92 94 96 97 101 Boadicea 106 Epitaph on a Hare 109 On ...
... Verses , supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk Ode to Peace The Modern Patriot Report of an Adjudged Case On Receipt of my Mother's Picture The Needless Alarm 84 86 87 90 91 92 94 96 97 101 Boadicea 106 Epitaph on a Hare 109 On ...
Page x
... verses , translated from the Italian authors , and wrote letters to a limited number of acquaintances . He left Cam- bridge in 1738 without taking a degree , it being refused him because of his failure to complete his work in philosophy ...
... verses , translated from the Italian authors , and wrote letters to a limited number of acquaintances . He left Cam- bridge in 1738 without taking a degree , it being refused him because of his failure to complete his work in philosophy ...
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... verse to appear in print . In 1749 Gray's aunt , Mary Antrobus , died . The poet was very fond of her , and her death is thought to have influenced him to resume and complete the " Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard , " which he ...
... verse to appear in print . In 1749 Gray's aunt , Mary Antrobus , died . The poet was very fond of her , and her death is thought to have influenced him to resume and complete the " Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard , " which he ...
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... verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he was devotedly attached to her . After the latter event he turned again to poetry for com- fort , and in 1754 wrote the ...
... verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he was devotedly attached to her . After the latter event he turned again to poetry for com- fort , and in 1754 wrote the ...
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... verse . He went abroad in search of ideas , and brought them home to amplify and adorn them . If the beauty of a word or a phrase struck him , he worked ... it into his general design as best he could INTRODUCTION xiii Appreciations.
... verse . He went abroad in search of ideas , and brought them home to amplify and adorn them . If the beauty of a word or a phrase struck him , he worked ... it into his general design as best he could INTRODUCTION xiii Appreciations.
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