The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages in the University of Cambridge: With Some Account of His Life and Writings; the Whole Carefully Revised; and Illustrated by Notes, Original and Selected; to which are Annexed, Poems Written By, Addressed To, Or in Memory of Mr. Gray; Several of which Were Never Before CollectedJ. Scatcherd, 1799 - 186 páginas |
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... that it would by no means enable him to prosecute the study of the law , without be- coming burdensome to his Mother and Aunt , These two sisters had for many years carried on Mr could not easily retrie borious a study as that be.
... that it would by no means enable him to prosecute the study of the law , without be- coming burdensome to his Mother and Aunt , These two sisters had for many years carried on Mr could not easily retrie borious a study as that be.
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... means of en- notice and friendship . Through the of this gentleman the Marischal Col- rdeen had requested to know if the ctor of Laws would be acceptable to * See p . 80 Mr. Bentley's design The death of Mr. in another opening ad before ...
... means of en- notice and friendship . Through the of this gentleman the Marischal Col- rdeen had requested to know if the ctor of Laws would be acceptable to * See p . 80 Mr. Bentley's design The death of Mr. in another opening ad before ...
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... mean more than he said . ou have any more reasons ? An inter- ove forty years has pretty well destroy- A dead lord ranks with com- vanity is no longer interested in the or a new road is become an old one . ' arm . A MR.THON EXTRAC The ...
... mean more than he said . ou have any more reasons ? An inter- ove forty years has pretty well destroy- A dead lord ranks with com- vanity is no longer interested in the or a new road is become an old one . ' arm . A MR.THON EXTRAC The ...
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... mean y ( says he ) has made weavers of slaughtered bards . called upon to weave the warp , and weave the woof , ' no great propriety ; for it is by crossing the woof with men weave the web or piece . " We know not where i his knowledge ...
... mean y ( says he ) has made weavers of slaughtered bards . called upon to weave the warp , and weave the woof , ' no great propriety ; for it is by crossing the woof with men weave the web or piece . " We know not where i his knowledge ...
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... means , therefore , who , from her name , seems to be " no Prophetess o bore to Loke , as the Edda says , three children ; e great Serpent Midgard , and Hela , all of them wild but curious system of mythology . Il Lok has burst his ...
... means , therefore , who , from her name , seems to be " no Prophetess o bore to Loke , as the Edda says , three children ; e great Serpent Midgard , and Hela , all of them wild but curious system of mythology . Il Lok has burst his ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ACERONIA Agrippina Anicetus Antrobus awake Ballder Bard Bauli beauty birds breast breathe brow Cambridge Dauphiny death divine dread Dryden's Duke of Grafton Earl earth Edward Eirin Elegy Eolian Eton College fate fear Fierce fire Fragment Gaurus genius give glory grace Gray's grove hand harmony hear Heard ye heart Heav'n honour hundred pounds imitation Joan of Acres kind King Lady Lord lyre Mason mighty Milton's mock the air mountain Muse Nero night o'er Odin Otho passion Petrarch Phlegyas Pindar pleasure Poem Poet Poetry Poppaa Prophetess Prospect of Eton reader reign ring round sable sing Sir William Williams smile solemn song soul spirit Spring stanza taste tear thee THOMAS GRAY thou thought thro throne Tibullus tremble Twas University of Cambridge vale vermil verse voice Volva Walpole weave weep woof
Passagens conhecidas
Página 80 - Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Página 79 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 90 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Página 83 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Página 89 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful-wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love.
Página 80 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 7 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall?
Página 84 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Página 86 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Página 85 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.