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... recent production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the Mechanics ' Institute of that ancient town , on the Poetry of Gray . The audience ...
... recent production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the Mechanics ' Institute of that ancient town , on the Poetry of Gray . The audience ...
Page vii
... recent instance . About two months ago , the great American statesman , Mr. Webster , was lying upon his death - bed . Of course , this is not the occasion for estimating the character and qualities of Mr. Webster . Upon two points I ...
... recent instance . About two months ago , the great American statesman , Mr. Webster , was lying upon his death - bed . Of course , this is not the occasion for estimating the character and qualities of Mr. Webster . Upon two points I ...
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... , among the numerous English and American pilgrims who flock thither every year , may gaze on that sequestered spot , even without such fond domestic associations as I have recently QB QQ BB མི ╗ ཀ - X PREFACE . 6 happened to.
... , among the numerous English and American pilgrims who flock thither every year , may gaze on that sequestered spot , even without such fond domestic associations as I have recently QB QQ BB མི ╗ ཀ - X PREFACE . 6 happened to.
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air a solemn alike the inevitable ASTOR Await alike beetle wheels beneath boast of heraldry breath BROADWAY cell forever laid church of Stoke cock's shrill clarion Country Church-yard curfew tolls distant folds droning flight drowsy tinklings lull dust E'en echoing horn ecstasy the living fades the glimmering glimmering landscape glory lead grave hamlet sleep heart once pregnant heaves the turf hopes inspire ivy-mantled tower laid Some heart living lyre lull the distant mouldering heap narrow cell forever neglected spot o'er paths of glory poem poet Poetry of Gray pomp of power PREFACE pregnant with celestial Q BB Q F B B rod of empire rude forefathers rugged elms sacred sequestered Sheffield solemn stillness holds spot is laid stanzas STOKE POGIS CHURCH THOMAS GRAY TILDAN tomb waked to ecstasy wealth e'er gave Webster wheels his droning Windsor Wolfe wrote his Elegy yew-tree's shade yonder YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY শু