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... render his writings always eftimable to the British read- er . But , juft and important as his thoughts on thefe topics may be , there may remain a doubt . in the breast of the critic , whether their intro- in xl AN ESSAY ON.
... render his writings always eftimable to the British read- er . But , juft and important as his thoughts on thefe topics may be , there may remain a doubt . in the breast of the critic , whether their intro- in xl AN ESSAY ON.
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James Thomson. in the breast of the critic , whether their intro- duction in a piece like this do not , in some in- ftances , break in upon that unity of character which every work of art fhould fupport . We have feen , from the general ...
James Thomson. in the breast of the critic , whether their intro- duction in a piece like this do not , in some in- ftances , break in upon that unity of character which every work of art fhould fupport . We have feen , from the general ...
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... breasts of his readers . Entirely free from the gloom of superstition and the narrowness of bigotry , he every where represents the Deity as the kind and beneficent parent of all his works , always watchful over their best interests ...
... breasts of his readers . Entirely free from the gloom of superstition and the narrowness of bigotry , he every where represents the Deity as the kind and beneficent parent of all his works , always watchful over their best interests ...
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... breast . 345 But Man , whom Nature form'd of milder clay , With every kind emotion in his heart , And taught alone to weep ; while from her lap She pours ten thousand delicacies , herbs , And fruits , as numerous as the drops of rain ...
... breast . 345 But Man , whom Nature form'd of milder clay , With every kind emotion in his heart , And taught alone to weep ; while from her lap She pours ten thousand delicacies , herbs , And fruits , as numerous as the drops of rain ...
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... breast , In fome lone cott amid the diftant woods , Suftain'd alone by providential HEAVEN , Oft as they weeping eye their infant train , Check their own appetites , and give them all . 680 NOR toil alone they scorn : exalting love , By ...
... breast , In fome lone cott amid the diftant woods , Suftain'd alone by providential HEAVEN , Oft as they weeping eye their infant train , Check their own appetites , and give them all . 680 NOR toil alone they scorn : exalting love , By ...
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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