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While abroad , he had been greatly delighted with the regular Italian drama ,
such as Metastasio writes ; as it is there heightened by the charms of the best
voices and inftruand looked upon our theatrical entertainments as , in one
respect ...
While abroad , he had been greatly delighted with the regular Italian drama ,
such as Metastasio writes ; as it is there heightened by the charms of the best
voices and inftruand looked upon our theatrical entertainments as , in one
respect ...
Page 66
... Waking the breeze , resounds the blended voice Of happy labour , love , and
social glee . Or rushing thence , in one diffusive band , They drive the troubled
flocks , by many a dog Compell'd , to where the mazy - running brook Forms a
deep ...
... Waking the breeze , resounds the blended voice Of happy labour , love , and
social glee . Or rushing thence , in one diffusive band , They drive the troubled
flocks , by many a dog Compell'd , to where the mazy - running brook Forms a
deep ...
Page 73
Deep - rous'd , I feel A sacred terror , a severe delight , Creep thro ' my mortal
frame ; and thus , methinks , A voice , than human more , th ' abstracted ear Of
fancy strikes . os Be not of us afraid , “ Poor kindred.Man ! thy fellow - creatures ,
we ...
Deep - rous'd , I feel A sacred terror , a severe delight , Creep thro ' my mortal
frame ; and thus , methinks , A voice , than human more , th ' abstracted ear Of
fancy strikes . os Be not of us afraid , “ Poor kindred.Man ! thy fellow - creatures ,
we ...
Page 181
... the human tempest roar , Wrapt close in conscious peace . The fall of kings ,
The rage of nations , and the crush of states , Move not the Man , who , from the
world escap'd , In still retreats , and flowery folitudes , To Nature's voice attends ...
... the human tempest roar , Wrapt close in conscious peace . The fall of kings ,
The rage of nations , and the crush of states , Move not the Man , who , from the
world escap'd , In still retreats , and flowery folitudes , To Nature's voice attends ...
Page 205
First Socrates , Who , firmly good in a corrupted state , Against the rage of tyrants
fingle stood , Invincible ! calm Reason's holy law , That Voice of God within th '
attentive mind , Obeying , fearless , or in life , or death : Great moral teacher ?
First Socrates , Who , firmly good in a corrupted state , Against the rage of tyrants
fingle stood , Invincible ! calm Reason's holy law , That Voice of God within th '
attentive mind , Obeying , fearless , or in life , or death : Great moral teacher ?
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, 1799 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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