The Letters of Thomas Gray: Including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Volume 3G. Bell, 1912 |
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Adieu Anecdotes Antrobus Aston beauty believe Bishop Blundeston Bonstetten brother Brown called Cambridge Castle College daughter DEAR DOCTOR DEAR MASON Delaval died doubt Duke of Grafton Durham Earl edition England George George Grenville give gout Gray Gray's hand hear Henry Henry VIII hill honour hope James James Beattie James Brown Jermyn Street John's Keswick King King's Lady lake letter living London Lord married matter mean Meigle miles Mitford never night Norton Nicholls Old Park Palgrave Pemb Pembroke Pembroke College Pembroke Hall perhaps Pitt poem pray printed received Revd Mr Nicholls Richard road Scotland seen shew Skiddaw Stonhewer Strathmore supra tell thing Thomas thought thro tion told town Trinity Hall verses Walpole Walpole's Wharton Wilkes William wish wood word write wrote York
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Letters of Thomas Gray: Including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Volume 3 Bohn's standard library The Letters of Thomas Gray: Including the Correspondence of Gray and Mason, Thomas Gray |
| Authors | Thomas Gray, William Mason |
| Editor | Duncan Crookes Tovey |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2008 |
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