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Page xvi
... - ences . They are the ground - work of the whole ; and establish that connected series of cause and effect , upon which all thofe appearances in na- ture depend , from whence the descriptive poet draws his 1 ture xvi AN ESSAY ON.
... - ences . They are the ground - work of the whole ; and establish that connected series of cause and effect , upon which all thofe appearances in na- ture depend , from whence the descriptive poet draws his 1 ture xvi AN ESSAY ON.
Page xvii
James Thomson. ture depend , from whence the descriptive poet draws his materials . NATURAL HISTORY , in its most extensive fignification , includes every obfervation relative to the distinctions , refemblances , and changes of all the ...
James Thomson. ture depend , from whence the descriptive poet draws his materials . NATURAL HISTORY , in its most extensive fignification , includes every obfervation relative to the distinctions , refemblances , and changes of all the ...
Page xxi
... draw out a kind of hiftorical narrative of his progrefs through the Seafons , as far as this order is obfervable . SPRING is characterized as the season of the renovation of nature ; in which animals and ve- getables , excited by the ...
... draw out a kind of hiftorical narrative of his progrefs through the Seafons , as far as this order is obfervable . SPRING is characterized as the season of the renovation of nature ; in which animals and ve- getables , excited by the ...
Page xxxvii
... draw pictures of the paftoral life in all its genuine fimplicity ; and affuming the tone of a moral inftructor , may contraft the peace and felicity of innocent re- tirement , with the turbulent agitations of am- bition and avarice ...
... draw pictures of the paftoral life in all its genuine fimplicity ; and affuming the tone of a moral inftructor , may contraft the peace and felicity of innocent re- tirement , with the turbulent agitations of am- bition and avarice ...
Page xxxviii
... draws ; and the rural character , as deli- neated in his feelings , contains all the softness , purity , and fimplicity that are feigned of the golden age . Yet , excellent as the moral and fentimental part of his work must appear to ...
... draws ; and the rural character , as deli- neated in his feelings , contains all the softness , purity , and fimplicity that are feigned of the golden age . Yet , excellent as the moral and fentimental part of his work must appear to ...
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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