The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence with Several Eminent Literary Characters : to which are Added, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Volum 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. Walker; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; J. Murray and J. Booker, 1807 |
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Pàgina 60
... turn the torrent's swift - descending flood , To brave the savage rushing from the wood , What wonder , if to patient valour train'd They guard with spirit , what by strength they gain'd ? And while their rocky ramparts round they see ...
... turn the torrent's swift - descending flood , To brave the savage rushing from the wood , What wonder , if to patient valour train'd They guard with spirit , what by strength they gain'd ? And while their rocky ramparts round they see ...
Pàgina 62
... turns not on its proper object . Any nation that wants public spirit , neglects education , ridicules the desire of fame , and even of virtue and reason , must be ill governed . Commerce changes cntirely the fate and genius of nations ...
... turns not on its proper object . Any nation that wants public spirit , neglects education , ridicules the desire of fame , and even of virtue and reason , must be ill governed . Commerce changes cntirely the fate and genius of nations ...
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... turning over . The Memoirs of the Abbé de Mongon , in 5 vols . are highly commended , but I have not seen them . He was engaged in several embassies to Germany , England , & c . during the course of the late war . The President ...
... turning over . The Memoirs of the Abbé de Mongon , in 5 vols . are highly commended , but I have not seen them . He was engaged in several embassies to Germany , England , & c . during the course of the late war . The President ...
Pàgina 85
... manners of the age , when they are supposed to have lived ; and the 500 stanzas , said to be lost , may be imagined to contain the remainder of their long- winded expostulation . " Decorum's turn'd to mere civility ; " Her air 85.
... manners of the age , when they are supposed to have lived ; and the 500 stanzas , said to be lost , may be imagined to contain the remainder of their long- winded expostulation . " Decorum's turn'd to mere civility ; " Her air 85.
Pàgina 86
... turn'd to mere civility ; " Her air and all her manners shew it . " Commend me to her affability ! Speak to a Commoner and Poet ! " [ Here 500 Stanzas are lost . ] And so God save our noble King , And guard us from long - winded Lubbers ...
... turn'd to mere civility ; " Her air and all her manners shew it . " Commend me to her affability ! Speak to a Commoner and Poet ! " [ Here 500 Stanzas are lost . ] And so God save our noble King , And guard us from long - winded Lubbers ...
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