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Page viii
... himself to the young divines under his care , by his kind offices , his candour and affability . Our author had attended his lectures for about a year , when there was prescribed to him , for the subject viii THE LIFE OF.
... himself to the young divines under his care , by his kind offices , his candour and affability . Our author had attended his lectures for about a year , when there was prescribed to him , for the subject viii THE LIFE OF.
Page ix
... himself for his journey . although this encouragement ended in nothing bene- ficial , it ferved for the prefent as a good pretext , to cover the imprudence of committing himself to the wide world , unfriended and unpatronised , and with ...
... himself for his journey . although this encouragement ended in nothing bene- ficial , it ferved for the prefent as a good pretext , to cover the imprudence of committing himself to the wide world , unfriended and unpatronised , and with ...
Page x
... 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 able and gallant fea ...
... 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 able and gallant fea ...
Page xiv
... himself . Our author's poetical ftudies were now to be inter- rupted , or rather improved , by his attendance on the Honourable Mr. Charles Talbot in his travels . A de- lightful task indeed ! endowed as that young nobleman was by ...
... himself . Our author's poetical ftudies were now to be inter- rupted , or rather improved , by his attendance on the Honourable Mr. Charles Talbot in his travels . A de- lightful task indeed ! endowed as that young nobleman was by ...
Page xv
... himself more than upon all his other writings . While Mr. Thomson was writing the First Part of Liberty , he received a fevere fhock , by the death of his noble friend and fellow - traveller ; which was foon followed by another that was ...
... himself more than upon all his other writings . While Mr. Thomson was writing the First Part of Liberty , he received a fevere fhock , by the death of his noble friend and fellow - traveller ; which was foon followed by another that was ...
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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