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Page vii
... tafte being a gift of nature , the want of which , Aristotle and Boffu cannot fupply ; nor even the study of the best originals , when the B.3 MR . JAMES THOMSON . vii to her fon's, and which raised her devotional exercises ...
... tafte being a gift of nature , the want of which , Aristotle and Boffu cannot fupply ; nor even the study of the best originals , when the B.3 MR . JAMES THOMSON . vii to her fon's, and which raised her devotional exercises ...
Page ix
... nature of the exer- cife required ; but in a style so highly poetical as furprised the whole audience . Mr. Hamilton , as his custom was , complimented the orator upon his per- formance , and pointed out to the ftudents the most ...
... nature of the exer- cife required ; but in a style so highly poetical as furprised the whole audience . Mr. Hamilton , as his custom was , complimented the orator upon his per- formance , and pointed out to the ftudents the most ...
Page xi
... nature and his own genius . But , in a fhort time , the applause became unanimous ; every one wondering how fo many pictures , and pictures fo familiar , should have moved them but faintly to what they felt in his de- fcriptions . His ...
... nature and his own genius . But , in a fhort time , the applause became unanimous ; every one wondering how fo many pictures , and pictures fo familiar , should have moved them but faintly to what they felt in his de- fcriptions . His ...
Page xiv
... nature , and accomplished by the care and ex- ample of the best of fathers , in whatever could adorn humanity : graceful of perfon , elegant in manners and addrefs , pious , humane , generous ; with an exquifite tafte in all the finer ...
... nature , and accomplished by the care and ex- ample of the best of fathers , in whatever could adorn humanity : graceful of perfon , elegant in manners and addrefs , pious , humane , generous ; with an exquifite tafte in all the finer ...
Page xv
... nature only , and the works of art , but of human life and manners , of the conftitution and policy of the several states , their connexions , and their religious inftitutions . How particular and judicious his obfervations were , we ...
... nature only , and the works of art , but of human life and manners , of the conftitution and policy of the several states , their connexions , and their religious inftitutions . How particular and judicious his obfervations were , we ...
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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