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Page iv
... through the rudeness of young Thomson's puerile essays , a fund of genius
well deserving culture and iv THE LIFE OF.
... through the rudeness of young Thomson's puerile essays , a fund of genius
well deserving culture and iv THE LIFE OF.
Page xxvi
... shine out in every page . So unbounded was his tenderness of heart , that it
took in even the brute creation : judge what it must have been towards his own
species . He is not indeed known , through his whole life , to have given any
person ...
... shine out in every page . So unbounded was his tenderness of heart , that it
took in even the brute creation : judge what it must have been towards his own
species . He is not indeed known , through his whole life , to have given any
person ...
Page xxxvi
To paint the face of nature as changing through the changing feasons ; to mark
the approaches , and trace the progress of these viciffitudes , in a series of
landscapes all * They appeared in the following order : Winter , Summer , Spring
...
To paint the face of nature as changing through the changing feasons ; to mark
the approaches , and trace the progress of these viciffitudes , in a series of
landscapes all * They appeared in the following order : Winter , Summer , Spring
...
Page xxxvii
And as in the Georgics , whenever the poet has , for a while , borne away by the
warmth of fancy , wandered through the flowery wilds of description , he suddenly
checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husbandman ; fo THOMSON , in ...
And as in the Georgics , whenever the poet has , for a while , borne away by the
warmth of fancy , wandered through the flowery wilds of description , he suddenly
checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husbandman ; fo THOMSON , in ...
Page xxxix
Thus the history of the year , pursued through its changing seasons , is that of an
individual , whose existence is marked by a progressive course from its origin to
its termination . It is thus represented by our poet ; this idea preserves an unity ...
Thus the history of the year , pursued through its changing seasons , is that of an
individual , whose existence is marked by a progressive course from its origin to
its termination . It is thus represented by our poet ; this idea preserves an unity ...
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