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Page vi
... course of school education , under an able master at Jedburgh , Mr. Thomson was fent to the University of Edinburgh . But in the fecond year of his admiffion , his ftudies were for fome time inter- rupted by the death of his father ...
... course of school education , under an able master at Jedburgh , Mr. Thomson was fent to the University of Edinburgh . But in the fecond year of his admiffion , his ftudies were for fome time inter- rupted by the death of his father ...
Page xxiv
... , and in that beautiful pic- ture from Pliny the elder , where the course , and gra- dual increase , of the Nile , are figured by the stages of man's life . The autumn was his favourite season for poetical compofition , xxiv THE LIFE OF.
... , and in that beautiful pic- ture from Pliny the elder , where the course , and gra- dual increase , of the Nile , are figured by the stages of man's life . The autumn was his favourite season for poetical compofition , xxiv THE LIFE OF.
Page xxxviii
... course of human existence , has been remarked and purfued by writers of all ages and countries . Spring has been reprefented as the youth of the year - the feafon of pleafing hope , lively energy , and rapid increafe . Sum- mer has been ...
... course of human existence , has been remarked and purfued by writers of all ages and countries . Spring has been reprefented as the youth of the year - the feafon of pleafing hope , lively energy , and rapid increafe . Sum- mer has been ...
Page xlvi
... course of laborious , but pleafing occupa- tions , which are to engage them during the whole feafon . The delightful feries of pictures , fo truly ex- preffive of that genial spirit that pervades the Spring , which THOMSON has formed on ...
... course of laborious , but pleafing occupa- tions , which are to engage them during the whole feafon . The delightful feries of pictures , fo truly ex- preffive of that genial spirit that pervades the Spring , which THOMSON has formed on ...
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... course Corrofive famine waits , and kills the year . To check this plague , the skilful farmer chaff , And blazing straw , before his orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in fmoke , the latent foe fuffocated falls : From every cranny Or ...
... course Corrofive famine waits , and kills the year . To check this plague , the skilful farmer chaff , And blazing straw , before his orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in fmoke , the latent foe fuffocated falls : From every cranny Or ...
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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