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Thomas Gray. Gray now seems to have considered seriously the study of law and decided to return to Cambridge for that ... Gray's return to Cambridge was followed in 1743 by his receiving his LL.B. degree . " I ain got , " he wrote ...
Thomas Gray. Gray now seems to have considered seriously the study of law and decided to return to Cambridge for that ... Gray's return to Cambridge was followed in 1743 by his receiving his LL.B. degree . " I ain got , " he wrote ...
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Thomas Gray. xii The year 1753 was an eventful one in Gray's life , as it witnessed the publication of his first volume of verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he ...
Thomas Gray. xii The year 1753 was an eventful one in Gray's life , as it witnessed the publication of his first volume of verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he ...
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... Gray's poetry . He is the master of polished diction . Each separate particle of his poems has often force and ... Gray's poetry , on the whole , astonished his con- temporaries at first more than it pleased them ; it was so unfamiliar ...
... Gray's poetry . He is the master of polished diction . Each separate particle of his poems has often force and ... Gray's poetry , on the whole , astonished his con- temporaries at first more than it pleased them ; it was so unfamiliar ...
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Thomas Gray. Sir William Forbes , says : " Of all the English poets of this age Mr. Gray is most admired , and I think with justice . " Cowper writes : " I have been read- ing Gray's works , and think him the only poet since Shakespeare ...
Thomas Gray. Sir William Forbes , says : " Of all the English poets of this age Mr. Gray is most admired , and I think with justice . " Cowper writes : " I have been read- ing Gray's works , and think him the only poet since Shakespeare ...
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Thomas Gray. As a poet , Cowper was a man of great genius , and , in a day when poetry was more read than at pres- ent , enjoyed a popularity almost unexampled . ` The strain of his writing was familiar even to homeliness . He drew from ...
Thomas Gray. As a poet , Cowper was a man of great genius , and , in a day when poetry was more read than at pres- ent , enjoyed a popularity almost unexampled . ` The strain of his writing was familiar even to homeliness . He drew from ...
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