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Page iii
... appear undif- guised . But however juft this obfervation may be , and although we might fafely reft Mr. Thomson's fame , as a good man , as well as a man of genius , on this fole footing ; yet the defire which the Public always fhew of ...
... appear undif- guised . But however juft this obfervation may be , and although we might fafely reft Mr. Thomson's fame , as a good man , as well as a man of genius , on this fole footing ; yet the defire which the Public always fhew of ...
Page x
... appears in the copy of verfes which he wrote on that occafion . In the mean time , our author's reception , where- ever he was introduced , emboldened him to risque the publication of his Winter : in which , as himself was a mere novice ...
... appears in the copy of verfes which he wrote on that occafion . In the mean time , our author's reception , where- ever he was introduced , emboldened him to risque the publication of his Winter : in which , as himself was a mere novice ...
Page xxxiv
... which distinguishes them from their immediate pre- deceffors , will , I think , appear evident to one who examines their feveral cafts and manners . That none of them , however , have yet equalled their mafter xxxiv AN ESSAY ON.
... which distinguishes them from their immediate pre- deceffors , will , I think , appear evident to one who examines their feveral cafts and manners . That none of them , however , have yet equalled their mafter xxxiv AN ESSAY ON.
Page xxxvii
... appears to be the general defign of this Poem . Effentially different from a didactic piece , its bufinefs is to defcribe , and the occupation of its leifure to teach . And as in the Georgics , whenever the poet has , for a while ...
... appears to be the general defign of this Poem . Effentially different from a didactic piece , its bufinefs is to defcribe , and the occupation of its leifure to teach . And as in the Georgics , whenever the poet has , for a while ...
Page xxxviii
James Thomson. Although each of the SEASONS appears to have been intended as a complete piece , and contains within itself the natural order of beginning , middle , and ter- mination , yet as they were at length collected and modelled by ...
James Thomson. Although each of the SEASONS appears to have been intended as a complete piece , and contains within itself the natural order of beginning , middle , and ter- mination , yet as they were at length collected and modelled by ...
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