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Page v
... scene of life which Mr. Thomfon always remembered with par- ticular pleasure . But what he wrote during that time , either to entertain Sir William and Mr. Riccarton , or for his own amusement , he deftroyed every new year's day ...
... scene of life which Mr. Thomfon always remembered with par- ticular pleasure . But what he wrote during that time , either to entertain Sir William and Mr. Riccarton , or for his own amusement , he deftroyed every new year's day ...
Page xxix
... scene of the following ftanzas is supposed to lie on the Thames near Richmond . ] IN yonder grave a Druid lies , Where flowly winds the ftealing wave ! The year's beft fweets fhall duteous rise To deck its Poet's fylvan grave ! In yon ...
... scene of the following ftanzas is supposed to lie on the Thames near Richmond . ] IN yonder grave a Druid lies , Where flowly winds the ftealing wave ! The year's beft fweets fhall duteous rise To deck its Poet's fylvan grave ! In yon ...
Page xlii
... scenes of grandeur equal to thofe which cool fcience and demonftra- tion offer to the enlightened mind . Objects so vast and magnificent as planets rolling with even pace through their orbits , comets rufhing along their de- vious track ...
... scenes of grandeur equal to thofe which cool fcience and demonftra- tion offer to the enlightened mind . Objects so vast and magnificent as planets rolling with even pace through their orbits , comets rufhing along their de- vious track ...
Page xlviii
... scenes prefented by the other forms of animal nature . As this fource , however , together with whatever else our fummers afford , is infufficient to furnish novelty and business enough for this act of the drama of the year , the poet ...
... scenes prefented by the other forms of animal nature . As this fource , however , together with whatever else our fummers afford , is infufficient to furnish novelty and business enough for this act of the drama of the year , the poet ...
Page xlix
... scene to celestial fplendours , which , though perhaps not more striking in this feafon than in fome of the others , are now alone agreeable objects of contemplation in a northern climate . Autumn is too eventful a period in the hiftory ...
... scene to celestial fplendours , which , though perhaps not more striking in this feafon than in fome of the others , are now alone agreeable objects of contemplation in a northern climate . Autumn is too eventful a period in the hiftory ...
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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