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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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amid appears Autumn beam beauty beneath beſt breathes circling clouds comes courſe dark death deep delight deſcends deſcription earth fair fall fancy fear feels fields firſt fits flame flood force foul give gloom grace grove hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills himſelf human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled morn moſt mountains Muſe Nature night o'er once peace plain poet pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſhade ſhe ſhines ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwelling thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro till toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter wonders woods youth
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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