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... natural endowments ; possessed of every social and domestic virtue ; with an imagina- tion for vivacity and warmth , scarce inferior to her son's , and which raised her devotional exercises to a pitch bor- dering on enthusiasm . Our ...
... natural endowments ; possessed of every social and domestic virtue ; with an imagina- tion for vivacity and warmth , scarce inferior to her son's , and which raised her devotional exercises to a pitch bor- dering on enthusiasm . Our ...
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... natural and moral philosophy ; a circumstance which , perhaps , is owing to the early impressions he received from Mr. Riccarton . Sir William Bennet , likewise , well known for his gay humour and ready poetical wit , was highly ...
... natural and moral philosophy ; a circumstance which , perhaps , is owing to the early impressions he received from Mr. Riccarton . Sir William Bennet , likewise , well known for his gay humour and ready poetical wit , was highly ...
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... nature of the exercise required but in a style so highly poetical , as surprised the whole audience . Some of his fellow students , envying him the success of this discourse , and the admiration it procured ; him , employed their ...
... nature of the exercise required but in a style so highly poetical , as surprised the whole audience . Some of his fellow students , envying him the success of this discourse , and the admiration it procured ; him , employed their ...
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... of quality , a friend of his mother , then in London ; and , no doubt , had its natural influence in in- flaming his heart , and hastening his journey to the me- tropolis . Our author went first to Newcastle , by land , 6 LIFE OF THOMSON .
... of quality , a friend of his mother , then in London ; and , no doubt , had its natural influence in in- flaming his heart , and hastening his journey to the me- tropolis . Our author went first to Newcastle , by land , 6 LIFE OF THOMSON .
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... nature assumes a melancholy air ; and an imagination so poetical as Mr. Thomson's , was admirably fitted to paint those vapours , and storms , and clouds , the very description of which fill the soul with solemn dread . It is told of Mr ...
... nature assumes a melancholy air ; and an imagination so poetical as Mr. Thomson's , was admirably fitted to paint those vapours , and storms , and clouds , the very description of which fill the soul with solemn dread . It is told of Mr ...
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amid ANGELES Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bloom bosom boundless breast breath breeze Burning Zone CALIFORN Castle of Indolence CELADON charm clouds Coriolanus dark deep delight deluge descends dreadful earth EDNAM ether exalts fair fair brow fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale genius gloom glow grace grove Hagley Park happy heart heaven hills JAMES THOMSON Lapland light matchless maze mind mingled mountains Muse Musidora Nature Nature's night o'er Palemon passions peace plain pomp pours pride rage rapture retired Riccarton Richmond Hill rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining smile snow soft song Sophonisba soul spreads Spring storm stream swain sweet swelling swift tempest tender thee Thomson thou thought thro thunder toil UNIVERS vale virtue walk waste wave wild winds wing Winter wintry wonders woods youth