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Page xlii
... of a science ; yet , to reject those grand and beautiful ideas which a
philosophical view of nature offers to the mind , merely because they are above
the comprehenfion of vulgar readers , is furely an unnecessary degradation of
this noble art .
... of a science ; yet , to reject those grand and beautiful ideas which a
philosophical view of nature offers to the mind , merely because they are above
the comprehenfion of vulgar readers , is furely an unnecessary degradation of
this noble art .
Page lviii
The bare enumeration of these several occafions of introducing draughts of
human life and manners , will be sufficient to call to mind the admirable use
which Thomson throughout his whole poem has made of them . He , in fact ,
never ...
The bare enumeration of these several occafions of introducing draughts of
human life and manners , will be sufficient to call to mind the admirable use
which Thomson throughout his whole poem has made of them . He , in fact ,
never ...
Page 45
Straight the fierce storm involves his mind anew , Flames thro ' the nerves , and
boils along the veins ; While anxious doubt distracts the tortur'd heart : For the fad
assurance of his fears Were ease to what he feels . Thus the warm youth , Whom
...
Straight the fierce storm involves his mind anew , Flames thro ' the nerves , and
boils along the veins ; While anxious doubt distracts the tortur'd heart : For the fad
assurance of his fears Were ease to what he feels . Thus the warm youth , Whom
...
Page 46
Who in each other clasp whatever fair High fancy forms , and lavish hearts can
wish ; Something than beauty dearer , should they look Or on the mind , or mind -
illumin'd face ; Truth , goodness , honour , harmony , and love , To The richest ...
Who in each other clasp whatever fair High fancy forms , and lavish hearts can
wish ; Something than beauty dearer , should they look Or on the mind , or mind -
illumin'd face ; Truth , goodness , honour , harmony , and love , To The richest ...
Page 122
And blind amazement prone , the enlightened few , Whose godlike minds
philosophy exalts , The glorious stranger hail . They feel a joy Divinely great ;
they in their powers exult , That wondrous force of thought , which mounting
spurns This ...
And blind amazement prone , the enlightened few , Whose godlike minds
philosophy exalts , The glorious stranger hail . They feel a joy Divinely great ;
they in their powers exult , That wondrous force of thought , which mounting
spurns This ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, 1799 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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