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Page xiv
... mind opened and enlarged by fcience and philofophy . All the knowledge we acquire con- concerning natural objects by fuch a train of ob- fervation and reasoning as merits the appellati- on of science , is comprehended under the two ...
... mind opened and enlarged by fcience and philofophy . All the knowledge we acquire con- concerning natural objects by fuch a train of ob- fervation and reasoning as merits the appellati- on of science , is comprehended under the two ...
Page xv
... mind , merely because they are above the comprehenfion of vulgar readers , is furely an unneceffary degradation of this noble art . Still more narrow and unreafonable is that critical precept , which , in conformity to the received ...
... mind , merely because they are above the comprehenfion of vulgar readers , is furely an unneceffary degradation of this noble art . Still more narrow and unreafonable is that critical precept , which , in conformity to the received ...
Page xxxvi
... which are affected by these changes ; the fenfa- tions and affections of his mind are almoft equal- ly under their influence : and the refult of the whole whole , as forming the enamoured votary of Nature to xxxvi AN ESSAY ON.
... which are affected by these changes ; the fenfa- tions and affections of his mind are almoft equal- ly under their influence : and the refult of the whole whole , as forming the enamoured votary of Nature to xxxvi AN ESSAY ON.
Page xxxviii
... mind the admirable use which Thomson throughout his whole poem has made of them . He , in fact , never appears more truly inspired with his fub- ject , than when giving birth to those sentiments of tenderness and beneficence , which ...
... mind the admirable use which Thomson throughout his whole poem has made of them . He , in fact , never appears more truly inspired with his fub- ject , than when giving birth to those sentiments of tenderness and beneficence , which ...
Page xxxix
James Thomson. every congenial mind , it is , perhaps , that in which he may the most easily be rivalled . A refined and feeling heart may derive from its own proper sources a store of correfponding fen- timent , which will naturally ...
James Thomson. every congenial mind , it is , perhaps , that in which he may the most easily be rivalled . A refined and feeling heart may derive from its own proper sources a store of correfponding fen- timent , which will naturally ...
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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