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Page viii
... turn his views towards London ; where works of genius may always expect a candid reception and due encouragement ; and an accident foon after entirely determined him to try his fortune there . The divinity chair at Edinburgh was then ...
... turn his views towards London ; where works of genius may always expect a candid reception and due encouragement ; and an accident foon after entirely determined him to try his fortune there . The divinity chair at Edinburgh was then ...
Page ix
... turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , fmiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he must keep a ftricter rein upon his imagination , and exprefs himself in language more intelligible to an ordinary congregation ...
... turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , fmiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he must keep a ftricter rein upon his imagination , and exprefs himself in language more intelligible to an ordinary congregation ...
Page xiii
James Thomson. Meanwhile , our poet's chief care had been , in re- turn for the public favour , to finish the plan which their wifhes laid out for him ; and the expectations which his Winter had raised , were fully fatisfied by the ...
James Thomson. Meanwhile , our poet's chief care had been , in re- turn for the public favour , to finish the plan which their wifhes laid out for him ; and the expectations which his Winter had raised , were fully fatisfied by the ...
Page lvi
... hunter , appear in their turns ; and may be confidered as natural concomitants of that portion of the yearly round which prompts their feveral occupations . But it is not only the bodily purfuits of man lvi AN ESSAY ON.
... hunter , appear in their turns ; and may be confidered as natural concomitants of that portion of the yearly round which prompts their feveral occupations . But it is not only the bodily purfuits of man lvi AN ESSAY ON.
Page 7
... turn the many twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , seem thro ' delufive lapfe Forgetful of their courfe . ' Tis filence all , And pleafing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
... turn the many twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , seem thro ' delufive lapfe Forgetful of their courfe . ' Tis filence all , And pleafing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
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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