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Page 48
Storm of thunder and lightning . A tale . The storm over , a serene afternoon .
Bathing Hour of walking . Transition to the prospect of a rich well - cultivated
country ; which introduces a panegyric on Great Britain . Sun - set . Evening .
Night .
Storm of thunder and lightning . A tale . The storm over , a serene afternoon .
Bathing Hour of walking . Transition to the prospect of a rich well - cultivated
country ; which introduces a panegyric on Great Britain . Sun - set . Evening .
Night .
Page 91
Strait the sands , Commov'd around , in gathering eddies play : Nearer and
nearer still they darkening come ; Till , with the general all - involving storm Swept
up , the whole continuous wilds arise ; And by their noon - day fount dejected
thrown ...
Strait the sands , Commov'd around , in gathering eddies play : Nearer and
nearer still they darkening come ; Till , with the general all - involving storm Swept
up , the whole continuous wilds arise ; And by their noon - day fount dejected
thrown ...
Page 191
Recounts his fimple frolic : much he talks , And much he laughs , nor recks the
storm that blows Without , and rattles on his humble roof . Wide o'er the brim , with
many a torrent swell'd , And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread , At last the ...
Recounts his fimple frolic : much he talks , And much he laughs , nor recks the
storm that blows Without , and rattles on his humble roof . Wide o'er the brim , with
many a torrent swell'd , And the mix'd ruin of its banks o'erspread , At last the ...
Page 196
Heavy they roll their fleecy world along ; And the sky faddens with the gathered
storm . Thro ' the hush'd air the whitening shower descends , At first thin wavering
, till at last the flakes Fall broad , and wide , and fast , dimming the day , With a ...
Heavy they roll their fleecy world along ; And the sky faddens with the gathered
storm . Thro ' the hush'd air the whitening shower descends , At first thin wavering
, till at last the flakes Fall broad , and wide , and fast , dimming the day , With a ...
Page 199
... dying Man , His wife , his children , and his friends unfeen . In våin for him th '
officious wife prepares The fire fair - blazing , and the vestment warm ; In vain his
little children , peeping out Into the mingling storm , demand their fire , With tears
...
... dying Man , His wife , his children , and his friends unfeen . In våin for him th '
officious wife prepares The fire fair - blazing , and the vestment warm ; In vain his
little children , peeping out Into the mingling storm , demand their fire , With tears
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, 1799 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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