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Page viii
... fancy , wandered through the flowery wilds of defcription , he fuddenly checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husband- fo Thomson , in the midst of his delight- 1 ; * They appeared in the following order ; Winter , Summer ...
... fancy , wandered through the flowery wilds of defcription , he fuddenly checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husband- fo Thomson , in the midst of his delight- 1 ; * They appeared in the following order ; Winter , Summer ...
Page xvi
... fancy . The most faithful pencil here produces the nobleft pictures ; and Thomson , by strictly adhering to the character of the poet of nature , has treated all these topics with a true fublimity , which a writer of lefs knowledge and ...
... fancy . The most faithful pencil here produces the nobleft pictures ; and Thomson , by strictly adhering to the character of the poet of nature , has treated all these topics with a true fublimity , which a writer of lefs knowledge and ...
Page xxxiii
... has been able to produce a fet of winter landskips , as engaging to the fancy as the apparently hap- pier scenes of genial warmth and verdure . BUT But he has not trufted entirely to these re- fources THOMSON'S SEASONS . Xxxii.
... has been able to produce a fet of winter landskips , as engaging to the fancy as the apparently hap- pier scenes of genial warmth and verdure . BUT But he has not trufted entirely to these re- fources THOMSON'S SEASONS . Xxxii.
Page xxxix
... fancy . The nearer they approach to common life , the more certainly will they produce their effect . Wonder and furprize are affections of fo diffe- rent a kind , and fo diftract the attention , that they never fail to diminish the ...
... fancy . The nearer they approach to common life , the more certainly will they produce their effect . Wonder and furprize are affections of fo diffe- rent a kind , and fo diftract the attention , that they never fail to diminish the ...
Page 11
... fancy fir'd anticipates their growth ; And , while the milky nutriment diftils , Beholds the kindling country colour round , 185 THUS all day long the full - diftended clouds Indulge their genial ftores , and well - fhower'd earth Is ...
... fancy fir'd anticipates their growth ; And , while the milky nutriment diftils , Beholds the kindling country colour round , 185 THUS all day long the full - diftended clouds Indulge their genial ftores , and well - fhower'd earth Is ...
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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