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Page xxvii
... thought them , at least , as indolent as himself . But he saw very soon , that the subject deserved to be treated more seriously , and in a form fitted to convey one of the most important moral lessons . The stanza which he uses in this ...
... thought them , at least , as indolent as himself . But he saw very soon , that the subject deserved to be treated more seriously , and in a form fitted to convey one of the most important moral lessons . The stanza which he uses in this ...
Page 89
... thought , Fills every sense , and pants in in every vein . Books are but formal dulness , tedious friends ; And sad amid the social band he sits , Lonely and unattentive . From the tongue The unfinish'd period falls : while , borne away ...
... thought , Fills every sense , and pants in in every vein . Books are but formal dulness , tedious friends ; And sad amid the social band he sits , Lonely and unattentive . From the tongue The unfinish'd period falls : while , borne away ...
Page 94
... Thought meeting thought , and will preventing will , With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love , and render bliss secure . Let him , ungenerous , who , alone intent . To bless himself , from sordid parents buys The ...
... Thought meeting thought , and will preventing will , With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love , and render bliss secure . Let him , ungenerous , who , alone intent . To bless himself , from sordid parents buys The ...
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amid Andrew Mitchell Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bloom boundless breast breath breeze Castle of Indolence charm clouds Coriolanus death deep delight descends earth edition Ednam ether exalted fair fair brow fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale genius gentle gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven hills James Thomson light Lord luxury Lyttelton Marischal College maze mighty Millar mingled mix'd mountains muse nature Nature's night numbers o'er passions peace plain poem poet poison'd pomp pride Prince of Wales rage rise rocks roll round rous'd rural scene season secretary of briefs shade shine smile snow soft song soul Southdean spreads Spring stock dove storm stream stretch'd Summer swain sweet swelling tempest tender thee Thomas Thomson thou thought toil vale vex'd virtue walk wandering waste wave wild winds wing Winter wintry woods youth