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Page xi
... These were somewhat mortified to find their notions disturbed by the appearance of a 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 ...
... These were somewhat mortified to find their notions disturbed by the appearance of a 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 ...
Page xiii
... these , and his tragedy of Sophonisba , written and acted with applause , in the year 1729 , Mr. Thom- fon had , in 1727 , published his poem to the Memory of Sir Ifaac Newton , then lately deceased ; containing a deserved encomium of ...
... these , and his tragedy of Sophonisba , written and acted with applause , in the year 1729 , Mr. Thom- fon had , in 1727 , published his poem to the Memory of Sir Ifaac Newton , then lately deceased ; containing a deserved encomium of ...
Page xxvii
... These amiable virtues , this divine temper of mind , did not fail of their due reward . His friends loved him with an enthusiastic ardor , and lamented his un- timely fate in the manner that is ftill fresh in every one's memory ; the ...
... These amiable virtues , this divine temper of mind , did not fail of their due reward . His friends loved him with an enthusiastic ardor , and lamented his un- timely fate in the manner that is ftill fresh in every one's memory ; the ...
Page xxxvi
... the approaches , and trace the pro- grefs of these viciffitudes , in a feries of landscapes all * They appeared in the following order : Winter , Summer , Spring , Autumn . formed upon images of grandeur or beauty ; and to xxxvi AN ESSAY ...
... the approaches , and trace the pro- grefs of these viciffitudes , in a feries of landscapes all * They appeared in the following order : Winter , Summer , Spring , Autumn . formed upon images of grandeur or beauty ; and to xxxvi AN ESSAY ...
Page xxxix
... with that which precedes , and which fol- lows it ; and it may be expected from the pencil of an artist to hit off these mingled fhades so as D3 THOMSON'S SEASONS . xxxix ing to decline, has been aptly compared to that ...
... with that which precedes , and which fol- lows it ; and it may be expected from the pencil of an artist to hit off these mingled fhades so as D3 THOMSON'S SEASONS . xxxix ing to decline, has been aptly compared to that ...
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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