The SeasonsDavid Bryce and Son, 1889 - 215 pages |
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... kind of poet , forms of course a part of our ironical pleasure in reading him . And even now , after we have lived , literarily , through so much , we may find touches in this Eighteenth century poet which hint that he might have been a ...
... kind of poet , forms of course a part of our ironical pleasure in reading him . And even now , after we have lived , literarily , through so much , we may find touches in this Eighteenth century poet which hint that he might have been a ...
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... kind of a patronage adorned the title - page , however , for this first of the famous " Seasons " was dedicated to Sir Spencer Compton . But the act of homage was coolly received . It was not until Aaron Hill , one of Thomson's first ...
... kind of a patronage adorned the title - page , however , for this first of the famous " Seasons " was dedicated to Sir Spencer Compton . But the act of homage was coolly received . It was not until Aaron Hill , one of Thomson's first ...
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... kind of personality ; his benevo- lence , we are told , " was fervid without being active , " not that he was sparing of his purse , however ; and he read his own poetry so badly that Dodington accused him of not understanding it . As ...
... kind of personality ; his benevo- lence , we are told , " was fervid without being active , " not that he was sparing of his purse , however ; and he read his own poetry so badly that Dodington accused him of not understanding it . As ...
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