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Page v
... kind ; will be fenfibly felt by all of con- genial tafte : - and perhaps no poem was ever compofed which addreffed itself to the feelings of a greater number of readers . It is , therefore , on every account an object well worthy the at ...
... kind ; will be fenfibly felt by all of con- genial tafte : - and perhaps no poem was ever compofed which addreffed itself to the feelings of a greater number of readers . It is , therefore , on every account an object well worthy the at ...
Page xxi
... kind ; and to have formed from it fuch an idea of the acono- my of nature , as enabled him to preserve a regu- larity of method and uniformity of design through all the variety of his defcriptions . We fhall at- tempt to draw out a kind ...
... kind ; and to have formed from it fuch an idea of the acono- my of nature , as enabled him to preserve a regu- larity of method and uniformity of design through all the variety of his defcriptions . We fhall at- tempt to draw out a kind ...
Page xxxix
... kind , and fo diftract the attention , that they never fail to diminish the force of the pa- thetic . On these accounts , writers much inferi- or in respect to the powers of description and imagery , have equalled our Poet in elegant ...
... kind , and fo diftract the attention , that they never fail to diminish the force of the pa- thetic . On these accounts , writers much inferi- or in respect to the powers of description and imagery , have equalled our Poet in elegant ...
Page xlii
... kind of digreffion , though a very apt and seasonable one . The latter has no other connexion with the part at which it is inferted , than the very forced and diftant one , that , as reading may be reckoned among the amusements ...
... kind of digreffion , though a very apt and seasonable one . The latter has no other connexion with the part at which it is inferted , than the very forced and diftant one , that , as reading may be reckoned among the amusements ...
Page xliv
... kind and beneficent parent of all his works , always watchful over their best interests , and from seeming evil ftill educing the greatest pos fible good to all his creatures . In every ap- pearance of nature he beholds the operation of ...
... kind and beneficent parent of all his works , always watchful over their best interests , and from seeming evil ftill educing the greatest pos fible good to all his creatures . In every ap- pearance of nature he beholds the operation of ...
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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