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Page x
... Winter : in which , as himself was a mere novice in fuch matters , he was kindly affifted by Mr. Mallet , then private tutor to his Grace the Duke of Montrofe , and his brother the Lord George Graham , fo well known afterwards as an ...
... Winter : in which , as himself was a mere novice in fuch matters , he was kindly affifted by Mr. Mallet , then private tutor to his Grace the Duke of Montrofe , and his brother the Lord George Graham , fo well known afterwards as an ...
Page xi
... Winter , published in March 1726 , was no fooner read than univerfally admired ; those only excepted who had not been used to feel , or to look for , any thing in poetry , beyond a point of fatirical or epigrammatic wit , a smart ...
... Winter , published in March 1726 , was no fooner read than univerfally admired ; those only excepted who had not been used to feel , or to look for , any thing in poetry , beyond a point of fatirical or epigrammatic wit , a smart ...
Page xii
... Winter procured him was , that it brought him acquainted with Dr. Rundle , afterwards Lord Bishop of Derry : who , upon con- verfing with Mr. Thomson , and finding in him qualities greater still , and of more value , than thofe of a ...
... Winter procured him was , that it brought him acquainted with Dr. Rundle , afterwards Lord Bishop of Derry : who , upon con- verfing with Mr. Thomson , and finding in him qualities greater still , and of more value , than thofe of a ...
Page xiii
... Winter had raised , were fully fatisfied by the fucceffive publication of the other Seafons : of Summer , in the year 1727 ; of Spring , in the begin- ning of the following year ; and of Autumn , in a quarto edition of his works ...
... Winter had raised , were fully fatisfied by the fucceffive publication of the other Seafons : of Summer , in the year 1727 ; of Spring , in the begin- ning of the following year ; and of Autumn , in a quarto edition of his works ...
Page xxviii
... from the imitations of his manner , which have been following him close , from the very first publication of Winter , he feems to have fixed no inconfiderable æra of the English poetry , O DE ON THE DEATH of Mr. THOMSON . By xxviii ...
... from the imitations of his manner , which have been following him close , from the very first publication of Winter , he feems to have fixed no inconfiderable æra of the English poetry , O DE ON THE DEATH of Mr. THOMSON . By xxviii ...
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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