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Page iii
... such a mature enquiry into the principles upon which it has been formed , as may determine how far it deferves to be receiv- ed as a model for future attempts in the fame walk . Originals are always rare productions . A The The ...
... such a mature enquiry into the principles upon which it has been formed , as may determine how far it deferves to be receiv- ed as a model for future attempts in the fame walk . Originals are always rare productions . A The The ...
Page vii
... was deemed a trifling and unprofita- ble amusement . SUCH was the state of critical opinion , when Thomson published , in fucceffion , but not in A 3 their their prefent order , * the pieces which compose his THOMSON'S SEASONS . vii.
... was deemed a trifling and unprofita- ble amusement . SUCH was the state of critical opinion , when Thomson published , in fucceffion , but not in A 3 their their prefent order , * the pieces which compose his THOMSON'S SEASONS . vii.
Page xxiii
... Such is the order and connexion of this whole book , that it might well pass for a commentary upon a most beauti- ful paffage in the philofophical poet Lucretius ; who certainly wanted nothing but a better system and more circumfcribed ...
... Such is the order and connexion of this whole book , that it might well pass for a commentary upon a most beauti- ful paffage in the philofophical poet Lucretius ; who certainly wanted nothing but a better system and more circumfcribed ...
Page xliii
... such an observer , be the per- fect scheme of an all - wife and beneficent mind ; and every part of the wide creation will appear to proclaim the praise of its great author . Thus a new connexion will manifeft itself between the several ...
... such an observer , be the per- fect scheme of an all - wife and beneficent mind ; and every part of the wide creation will appear to proclaim the praise of its great author . Thus a new connexion will manifeft itself between the several ...
Page 5
... Such themes as thefe the rural MARO fung To wide - imperial ROME , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by GREECE refin❜d . In antient times , the facred plough employ'd B 3 55 The The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : And ...
... Such themes as thefe the rural MARO fung To wide - imperial ROME , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by GREECE refin❜d . In antient times , the facred plough employ'd B 3 55 The The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : And ...
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amid beauty beneath bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze cloſe clouds courſe croud deep defcend defcription earth ether exalts facred fair brow fancy feafon fecret fhade fhines fhore fhower filent fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fnows focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwell gale gloom grove heart heaven hills itſelf laft landſkip laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe muſt Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleaſure Poet rage raiſe rifing riſe roll round rural ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhining ſhoot ſky ſmiling ſoul ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm ſweep ſwift tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vale vex'd virtue wafte waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wintry wiſdom woods