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Page xlii
... foul of poetry , obliges the poet to adopt ancient errors in preference to modern truths ; and this even where truth has the advantage in point of poetical effect . In fact , modern philofophy is as much fuperior to the ancient in ...
... foul of poetry , obliges the poet to adopt ancient errors in preference to modern truths ; and this even where truth has the advantage in point of poetical effect . In fact , modern philofophy is as much fuperior to the ancient in ...
Page lvii
... foul . He may draw pictures of the paftoral life in all its genuine fimplicity ; and , affuming the tone of a moral inftructor , may contraft the peace and felicity of innocent retirement with the turbulent agitations of ambition and ...
... foul . He may draw pictures of the paftoral life in all its genuine fimplicity ; and , affuming the tone of a moral inftructor , may contraft the peace and felicity of innocent retirement with the turbulent agitations of ambition and ...
Page lxi
... ends which he seems to have pursued , must excite his humble researches ; and in proportion as he dif- covers infinite power in the means , directed by infi- nite goodness in the intention , his foul must be THOMSON'S SEASONS . lxi.
... ends which he seems to have pursued , must excite his humble researches ; and in proportion as he dif- covers infinite power in the means , directed by infi- nite goodness in the intention , his foul must be THOMSON'S SEASONS . lxi.
Page lxii
James Thomson. nite goodness in the intention , his foul must be wrapt in aftonishment , and expanded with gratitude . The economy of Nature will , to fuch an observer , be the perfect fcheme of an all - wife and beneficent mind ; and ...
James Thomson. nite goodness in the intention , his foul must be wrapt in aftonishment , and expanded with gratitude . The economy of Nature will , to fuch an observer , be the perfect fcheme of an all - wife and beneficent mind ; and ...
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... foul , Lifts the light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all furrounding heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving softness strays . Joyous , th ' impatient ...
... foul , Lifts the light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all furrounding heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving softness strays . Joyous , th ' impatient ...
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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