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Page v
... poet , and used to invite him to pass the fummer vacation at his country feat : a scene of life which Mr. Thomfon always remembered with par- ticular pleasure . But what he wrote during that time , either to entertain Sir William and Mr ...
... poet , and used to invite him to pass the fummer vacation at his country feat : a scene of life which Mr. Thomfon always remembered with par- ticular pleasure . But what he wrote during that time , either to entertain Sir William and Mr ...
Page vii
... poets and critics . But the most learned critic is not always the best judge of poetry ; tafte being a gift of nature , the want of which , Aristotle and Boffu cannot fupply ; nor even the study of the best originals , when the B.3 MR ...
... poets and critics . But the most learned critic is not always the best judge of poetry ; tafte being a gift of nature , the want of which , Aristotle and Boffu cannot fupply ; nor even the study of the best originals , when the B.3 MR ...
Page viii
... poet and this happened to be the cafe with certain learned gentlemen , into whose hands a few of Mr. Thomson's first essays had fallen . Some inaccu- racies of style , and those luxuriancies which a young writer can hardly avoid , lay ...
... poet and this happened to be the cafe with certain learned gentlemen , into whose hands a few of Mr. Thomson's first essays had fallen . Some inaccu- racies of style , and those luxuriancies which a young writer can hardly avoid , lay ...
Page xi
... poet , who seemed to owe nothing but to nature and his own genius . But , in a fhort time , the applause became unanimous ; every one wondering how fo many pictures , and pictures fo familiar , should have moved them but faintly to what ...
... poet , who seemed to owe nothing but to nature and his own genius . But , in a fhort time , the applause became unanimous ; every one wondering how fo many pictures , and pictures fo familiar , should have moved them but faintly to what ...
Page xii
... poet , received him into his intimate confidence and friend- fhip ; promoted his character every where ; introduced him to his great friend the Lord Chancellor Talbot ; and , fome years after , when the eldest son of that no- bleman was ...
... poet , received him into his intimate confidence and friend- fhip ; promoted his character every where ; introduced him to his great friend the Lord Chancellor Talbot ; and , fome years after , when the eldest son of that no- bleman 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