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Page xvii
... These observations , however , deferve to be confidered as part of a fcience only when they refer to some general truth , and form a link of that vaft chain which connects all created being in one grand system . It was my attempt in an ...
... These observations , however , deferve to be confidered as part of a fcience only when they refer to some general truth , and form a link of that vaft chain which connects all created being in one grand system . It was my attempt in an ...
Page xviii
James Thomson. us . It will be unneceffary here to recapitulate the fubftance of these remarks , or to mark out fingly the feveral paffages of our author which display his talents for defcription to the greatest advantage . Our prefent ...
James Thomson. us . It will be unneceffary here to recapitulate the fubftance of these remarks , or to mark out fingly the feveral paffages of our author which display his talents for defcription to the greatest advantage . Our prefent ...
Page xxvii
... These are in part collected and stored up by those animals for whofe fuftenance during the enfuing fleep of nature they are provided . The reft , furnished with various contrivances for dif- semination , are scattered , by the friendly ...
... These are in part collected and stored up by those animals for whofe fuftenance during the enfuing fleep of nature they are provided . The reft , furnished with various contrivances for dif- semination , are scattered , by the friendly ...
Page xxix
... THESE unvarying fymptoms of approaching Winter now warn feveral of the winged tribes to prepare for their aerial voyage to those happy climates of perpetual fummer , where no deficien- су of food or fhelter can ever distress them ; and ...
... THESE unvarying fymptoms of approaching Winter now warn feveral of the winged tribes to prepare for their aerial voyage to those happy climates of perpetual fummer , where no deficien- су of food or fhelter can ever distress them ; and ...
Page xxxiii
James Thomson. gree of aftonishment must therefore attend the firft view of these phenomena ; and as in our tem- perate climate but a small portion of the year af fords these spectacles , we find that , even here , they have novelty ...
James Thomson. gree of aftonishment must therefore attend the firft view of these phenomena ; and as in our tem- perate climate but a small portion of the year af fords these spectacles , we find that , even here , they have novelty ...
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amid beauty beneath bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze cloſe clouds courſe croud deep defcend defcription earth ether exalts facred fair brow fancy feafon fecret fhade fhines fhore fhower filent fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fnows focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwell gale gloom grove heart heaven hills itſelf laft landſkip laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe muſt Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleaſure Poet rage raiſe rifing riſe roll round rural ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhining ſhoot ſky ſmiling ſoul ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm ſweep ſwift tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vale vex'd virtue wafte waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wintry wiſdom woods