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Page v
... appear evident to one who examines their feve- ral cafts and manners . That none of them , however , have yet equalled their mafter ; and that his performance is an exquifite piece , re- plete with beauties of the most engaging and de ...
... appear evident to one who examines their feve- ral cafts and manners . That none of them , however , have yet equalled their mafter ; and that his performance is an exquifite piece , re- plete with beauties of the most engaging and de ...
Page viii
... appears to be the general design of this Poem , Effentially different from a didactic piece , its business is to defcribe , and the occupation of its leifure to teach . And as in the Georgics , when- ever the poet has , for a while ...
... appears to be the general design of this Poem , Effentially different from a didactic piece , its business is to defcribe , and the occupation of its leifure to teach . And as in the Georgics , when- ever the poet has , for a while ...
Page ix
... appears to have been intended as a complete piece , and contains within itself the natural order of be- ginning , middle , and termination , yet , as they A 4 were were at length collected and modelled by their author , THOMSON'S ...
... appears to have been intended as a complete piece , and contains within itself the natural order of be- ginning , middle , and termination , yet , as they A 4 were were at length collected and modelled by their author , THOMSON'S ...
Page xxiii
... appear- ed as one of the greatest masters of defcription in either antient or modern poetry . Reasoning on the unperishable nature , and perpetual circu- lation , of the particles of matter , he deduces all the delightful appearances of ...
... appear- ed as one of the greatest masters of defcription in either antient or modern poetry . Reasoning on the unperishable nature , and perpetual circu- lation , of the particles of matter , he deduces all the delightful appearances of ...
Page xxviii
... appear to that fyftem of general benevolence and fympathy which philofophy would inculcate , have ever afforded a most agreeable exertion to the human powers , and have much to plead in their favour as a neceffary part of the great plan ...
... appear to that fyftem of general benevolence and fympathy which philofophy would inculcate , have ever afforded a most agreeable exertion to the human powers , and have much to plead in their favour as a neceffary part of the great plan ...
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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