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Page xxv
... rural im- provement and exercise . Although he performed on no inftrument , he was paffionately fond of mufic , and would fometimes liften a full hour at his window to the nightingales in Richmond gardens . While abroad , he had been ...
... rural im- provement and exercise . Although he performed on no inftrument , he was paffionately fond of mufic , and would fometimes liften a full hour at his window to the nightingales in Richmond gardens . While abroad , he had been ...
Page xxxi
... rural tomb . Long , long , thy ftone , and pointed clay , Shall melt the mufing Briton's eyes ; O ! vales , and wild woods , fhall he say , In yonder grave Your Druid lies ! AN ESSAY ON THE PLAN AND CHARACTER OF THOMSON'S SEASONS DEATH ...
... rural tomb . Long , long , thy ftone , and pointed clay , Shall melt the mufing Briton's eyes ; O ! vales , and wild woods , fhall he say , In yonder grave Your Druid lies ! AN ESSAY ON THE PLAN AND CHARACTER OF THOMSON'S SEASONS DEATH ...
Page lv
... improvements might be fuggefted , yet he certainly remains unrivalled in the lift of defcriptive poets . But the rural landscape is not folely made up of Б 3 THOMSON'S SEASONS . lv But he has not trusted entirely to these resources ...
... improvements might be fuggefted , yet he certainly remains unrivalled in the lift of defcriptive poets . But the rural landscape is not folely made up of Б 3 THOMSON'S SEASONS . lv But he has not trusted entirely to these resources ...
Page lvi
James Thomson. But the rural landscape is not folely made up of land , and water , and trees , and birds , and beasts ; man is a distinguished fire in it ; his multiplied occu- pations and concerns introduce themselves into every part of ...
James Thomson. But the rural landscape is not folely made up of land , and water , and trees , and birds , and beasts ; man is a distinguished fire in it ; his multiplied occu- pations and concerns introduce themselves into every part of ...
Page lvii
... rural events is founded , are very much mo- deled by the difference of seasons . The catastrophes of Winter differ from thofe of Summer ; the fports of Spring from thofe of Autumn . Thus , little hif tory pieces and adventures , whether ...
... rural events is founded , are very much mo- deled by the difference of seasons . The catastrophes of Winter differ from thofe of Summer ; the fports of Spring from thofe of Autumn . Thus , little hif tory pieces and adventures , whether ...
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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