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Page xxi
... river , which his walk to his house , at the upper end of Kew - lane , had always hitherto prevented . But now the cold had so seized him , that next day he found himself in a high fever , so much the more to be dreaded that he was of a ...
... river , which his walk to his house , at the upper end of Kew - lane , had always hitherto prevented . But now the cold had so seized him , that next day he found himself in a high fever , so much the more to be dreaded that he was of a ...
Page xlii
... 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 , by ftrictly adhering to the character of the Poet ...
... 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 , by ftrictly adhering to the character of the Poet ...
Page li
... nomy of Nature , the migration of birds , prefent themselves at this feafon to the poet . The thick- ening fogs , the heavy rains , the swoln rivers , while E they deform this finking period of the year , add THOMSON'S SEASONS . li.
... nomy of Nature , the migration of birds , prefent themselves at this feafon to the poet . The thick- ening fogs , the heavy rains , the swoln rivers , while E they deform this finking period of the year , add THOMSON'S SEASONS . li.
Page 17
... river , in whofe ample wave Their little naiads love to fport at large . \ Juft in the dubious point , where with the pool Is mix'd the trembling ftream , or where it boils Around the stone , or from the hollow'd bank Reverted plays in ...
... river , in whofe ample wave Their little naiads love to fport at large . \ Juft in the dubious point , where with the pool Is mix'd the trembling ftream , or where it boils Around the stone , or from the hollow'd bank Reverted plays in ...
Page 21
... wanders ; now the bowery walk Of covert clofe , where scarce a fpeck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted sweeps . Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling G 3 SPRING . 21 Of growth luxuriant; or the humid bank, ...
... wanders ; now the bowery walk Of covert clofe , where scarce a fpeck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted sweeps . Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling G 3 SPRING . 21 Of growth luxuriant; or the humid bank, ...
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