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Page iv
... light upon his writings ; inftances whereof we shall meet with in the following pages . Mr. Thomson was born at Ednam , in the fhire of Roxburgh , on the 11th of September , in the year 1700 . His father , minifter of that place , was ...
... light upon his writings ; inftances whereof we shall meet with in the following pages . Mr. Thomson was born at Ednam , in the fhire of Roxburgh , on the 11th of September , in the year 1700 . His father , minifter of that place , was ...
Page xxvi
... light perhaps than if we faw them with our eyes ; at least more juftly delineated than in any other account extant : fo fuperior is a natural taste of the grand and beautiful , to the traditional leffons of a common virtuofo . His ...
... light perhaps than if we faw them with our eyes ; at least more juftly delineated than in any other account extant : fo fuperior is a natural taste of the grand and beautiful , to the traditional leffons of a common virtuofo . His ...
Page xlii
... light fpringing from its unexhaufted fource , mighty rivers formed in their fubterranean beds , do not require , or even admit , a heightening from the fancy . The most faithful pencil here pro- duces the nobleft pictures ; and THOMSON ...
... light fpringing from its unexhaufted fource , mighty rivers formed in their fubterranean beds , do not require , or even admit , a heightening from the fancy . The most faithful pencil here pro- duces the nobleft pictures ; and THOMSON ...
Page lii
... light , than in the actual exhibition of them . It is therefore a period equally barren of events ; and has still lefs of animation than Summer , inafmuch as lethargic infenfibility is a flate more dif- tant from vital energy than the ...
... light , than in the actual exhibition of them . It is therefore a period equally barren of events ; and has still lefs of animation than Summer , inafmuch as lethargic infenfibility is a flate more dif- tant from vital energy than the ...
Page 2
... 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 husbandman perceives ...
... 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 husbandman perceives ...
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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