The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, And Correspondence ..., volume 2
The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, And Correspondence ..., volume 2
Thomas Gray, William Mason
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The rest are nothing but a few parallel passages, and small notes just to explain what people said at the time was wrap- ped in total darkness. You will please to tell me, as soon as you can conveniently, what Mr. Foulis says on this head ; that (if he drops the design) I may save my- self and you the trouble of this packet. I ask your pardon for talking so long about it; a little more, and my letter would be as big as all my works. I have read, with much pleasure, an Ode of yours (in which you... have done me the honour to adopt a measure that I have used) on Lord Hay's birth-day. Though I do not love panegyric, I cannot but applaud this, for there is nothing mean in it. The diction is easy and noble, the texture of the thoughts lyric, and the versification harmonious. The few expressions I object to are * * * * f. These, indeed, are minutiae ; but they weigh for something, as half a grain makes a difference in the value of a diamond. t Another paragraph of particular criticism is here omitted.
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