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Page xxiii
... for every one to contri- bute his fhare . Such was his extreme fenfibility , so perfect the harmony of his organs with the fentiments of C 3 MR . JAMES THOMSON . xxiii This filence furnished matter to one of his friends for ...
... for every one to contri- bute his fhare . Such was his extreme fenfibility , so perfect the harmony of his organs with the fentiments of C 3 MR . JAMES THOMSON . xxiii This filence furnished matter to one of his friends for ...
Page xxxv
... such natural objects as by their beauty , grandeur , or novelty , agreeably imprefs the imagination , has at all times been a principal and favourite occupation of poetry . Various have been the methods in which fuch descriptions have ...
... such natural objects as by their beauty , grandeur , or novelty , agreeably imprefs the imagination , has at all times been a principal and favourite occupation of poetry . Various have been the methods in which fuch descriptions have ...
Page xxxvi
... Such was the ftate of critical opinion , when THOMSON publifhed , in fucceffion , but not in their prefent order , the pieces which compofe his SEA- SONS ; the firft capital work in which natural defcrip- tion was profeffedly the ...
... Such was the ftate of critical opinion , when THOMSON publifhed , in fucceffion , but not in their prefent order , the pieces which compofe his SEA- SONS ; the firft capital work in which natural defcrip- tion was profeffedly the ...
Page xli
... such a train of obfervation and reasoning as merits the appellation of science , is comprehended under the two divifions of Natural Philofophy and Natural Hiftory . Both of these may be employed to advantage in defcriptive poetry for ...
... such a train of obfervation and reasoning as merits the appellation of science , is comprehended under the two divifions of Natural Philofophy and Natural Hiftory . Both of these may be employed to advantage in defcriptive poetry for ...
Page xlvi
... Such is the order and connexion of this whole book , that it might well pafs for a commentary upon a most beautiful paffage in the philofophical poet Lucretius ; who certainly wanted nothing but a better system and more circumfcribed ...
... Such is the order and connexion of this whole book , that it might well pafs for a commentary upon a most beautiful paffage in the philofophical poet Lucretius ; who certainly wanted nothing but a better system and more circumfcribed ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaſt bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends defcription earth ether facred fatire feafon fecret fhade fhine filent fimple fing firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft fome fong fons foon foreft foul friendſhip ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwain fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf itſelf laft landſcape laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleafing pleaſure poet rage raiſe reſtleſs rife round ruſhes ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhower ſky ſpirit ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm taſte tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſe vale vex'd waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wiſdom wonders woods