59 ordspråk av Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray föddes den 26 december 1716 och dog den 7 juli 1771 - English writer
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Far from the sun and summer-gale, / In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid.

Where once my careless childhood strayed,/ A stranger yet to pain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.

The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn,/ The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, / The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, / No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.

The still small voice of gratitude.

The war was over, ... They were defeated by the time he dropped those bombs -- I think he wanted to know whether they would work. And I think Truman was the kind of guy when he disliked you, he disliked you with a passion.

We've got 10 seniors starting on the offense, and I'm the only junior, so I was a little nervous before the game. But I got comfortable after the first drive and we played well.

Mark and I get pretty competitive sometimes. But I like to just get the ball to my receivers and let them make the plays. I trust them.

The wording of the contract is no different than the original offer. There's no protection on our jobs whatsoever. There's no guarantee that I'll be going back to work.

To Contemplation's sober eye. / Such is the race of Man.

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, / Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, / And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

Alas! regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.

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