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Page vi
... nature of its plan and the manner of its execution may be an agreeable introduction to a re - perufal of it in the elegant edition now offered to the public . THE defcription of fuch natural objects as by their beauty , grandeur , or ...
... nature of its plan and the manner of its execution may be an agreeable introduction to a re - perufal of it in the elegant edition now offered to the public . THE defcription of fuch natural objects as by their beauty , grandeur , or ...
Page vii
... nature was required as the ground- work of a poetical fabric ; pure defcription was opposed to sense ; and binding together the wild flowers which grew obvious to commmon fight and touch , was deemed a trifling and unprofita- ble ...
... nature was required as the ground- work of a poetical fabric ; pure defcription was opposed to sense ; and binding together the wild flowers which grew obvious to commmon fight and touch , was deemed a trifling and unprofita- ble ...
Page viii
... nature as changing through the changing seasons ; to mark the ap- proaches , and trace the progress of these viciffi- tudes , in a series of landskips all formed upon images of grandeur or beauty ; and to give ani- mation and variety to ...
... nature as changing through the changing seasons ; to mark the ap- proaches , and trace the progress of these viciffi- tudes , in a series of landskips all formed upon images of grandeur or beauty ; and to give ani- mation and variety to ...
Page x
... nature for a perfect period , that all mankind have agreed in forming their computations of time upon it . In all the tem- perate climates of the globe , the four feafons are fo many progreffive ftages in this circuit , which , like the ...
... nature for a perfect period , that all mankind have agreed in forming their computations of time upon it . In all the tem- perate climates of the globe , the four feafons are fo many progreffive ftages in this circuit , which , like the ...
Page xiv
... natural objects by fuch a train of ob- fervation and reasoning as merits the appellati- on of science , is comprehended under the two divifions of natural philofophy and natural biftory . Both of these may be employed to advantage in ...
... natural objects by fuch a train of ob- fervation and reasoning as merits the appellati- on of science , is comprehended under the two divifions of natural philofophy and natural biftory . Both of these may be employed to advantage in ...
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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