Thomas Gray to William Mason, 8 December 1761
Dear Mason
Of all loves come to Cambridge out of hand, for here is Mr Dillival & a charming set of Glasses, that sing like nightingales, & we have concerts every other night, & shall stay here this month or two, & a vast deal of good company, & a Whale in pickle just come from Ipswich. & the Man won't die, & Mr Wood is gone to Chatsworth, & there is no body but you, & Tom , & the curl'd Dog, and don't talk of the charge, for we will make a subscription: besides we know, you always come, when you have a mind.
T GRAY.
Dec: 8. 1761. Pemb: Hall.
Letter ID:
letters.0402 (Source: TEI/XML)
Correspondents
Writer's age: 45
Addressee's age: 37
Dates
Date (on letter): Dec: 8. 1761
Calendar: Gregorian
Places
Address (on letter): Pemb: Hall
Content
Language: English
Incipit: Of all loves come to Cambridge out of hand, for here is Mr Dillival...
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Print Versions
- The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, with Letters to the Rev. James Brown, D.D. Ed. by the Rev. John Mitford. London: Richard Bentley, 1853, letter LXXIII, 283-284
- The Letters of Thomas Gray, including the correspondence of Gray and Mason, 3 vols. Ed. by Duncan C. Tovey. London: George Bell and Sons, 1900-12, letter no. CCXXXV, vol. ii, 246-247
- Correspondence of Thomas Gray, 3 vols. Ed. by the late Paget Toynbee and Leonard Whibley, with corrections and additions by H. W. Starr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971 [1st ed. 1935], letter no. 351, vol. ii, 766