| George Bancroft - 1888 - 596 pages
...those in the boat with him of the poet Gray, and his " Elegy in a Country Churchyard," saying, " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow;" and, while the oars struck the river as it rippled under the flowing tide, he repeated: The boast of... | |
| George Bancroft - 1888 - 594 pages
...those in the boat with him of the poet Gray, and his " Elegy in a Country Churchyard," saying, " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow;" and, while the oars struck the river as it rippled under the flowing tide, he repeated: The boast of... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...perplexed 10. I will join you 11. Every colony has expressed its willingness to follow 12. gentlemen I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow PUNCTUATION OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE. THE COMMA. In addition to the rules given for the punctuation... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...perplexed 10. I will join you 11. Every colony has expressed its willingness to follow 12. gentlemen I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow PUNCTUATION OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE. THE COMMA. In addition to the rules given for the punctuation... | |
| Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 428 pages
...join you 11. Every colony has expressed its willingness to follow 12. gentlemen I would prefer bein^ the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow PUNCTUATION OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE. THE COMMA. In addition to the rules given for the punctuation... | |
| William Henry Parr Greswell, Royal Colonial Institute, London - 1890 - 402 pages
...to those in the boat with him of the poet Gray and ' The Elegy in a Country Churchyard.' 'I,' said he, 'would prefer being the author of that poem, to the glory of beating the French to-morrow ; ' and, while the oars struck the river as it rippled in the silence of the night air under the flowing... | |
| Annie Cole Cady - 1890 - 416 pages
...Wolf softly repeated Gray's " Elegy in a Country Churchyard," saying quietly as he concluded : " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow." In 1760 General Amherst embarked at Oswego for Montreal, Murray advanced from Quebec, and Haviland... | |
| John Roy Musick - 1893 - 518 pages
...Gray and the "Elegy in a Country Churchvard." Wolfe, who was a great lover of poetry, remarked: " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow:" then, as the boat glided in silence through the darkness, he repeated : "The boast of heraldry, the... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1893 - 1000 pages
...officers of the poet Gray, and of his " Elegy in a Country Churchyard." " I would prefer," said he, " being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow." Then in a musing^ voice he repeated the lines : " The boast of heraldy, the pomp of power, And all... | |
| Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 478 pages
...is being vigorously worked to-day, while of the Elegy, did not Wolfe say, on the eve of Quebec, ' I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow' ? In 1757 Gray had the good sense to decline the laureateship. In 1768 he was appointed to the sinecure... | |
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