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Definition of Thomas Gray
1. Noun. English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771).
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Literary usage of Thomas Gray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1860)
"Thomas Gray, of all English poets the most finished artist, was born in London,
in 1716, and was the only one of twelve children who survived the period of ..."
2. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"Thomas Gray (1716- 1771) was the son of Philip Gray, a scrivener, and his wife
Dorothy Antrobus; he was born in Cornhill on the ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archivesby Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1898)
"Daniel Gray, William Gobin, Charles Goodheart, Henry Grant, Thomas Gray, Robert
Geary, Thomas Gibson, Thomas Acres. Date of Survey. ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1814)
"The Works of Thomas Gray, with the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by William
Mason; to which are sub- joined, Extracts Philological, Poetical, ..."