Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the Author During his continuance at Eton, he contracted 3 friendihip with Mr. Horace Walpole, well known for his knowledge in the fine arts; and Mr. Richard Welt, fon of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a youth of very promifing talents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.