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James Thomson. an artist to hit off these mingled fhades so as to pro- duce a pleafing and picturefque effect . Our poet has not been inattentive to these circumstances in the con- duct of his plan . His SPRING begins with a view of the ...
James Thomson. an artist to hit off these mingled fhades so as to pro- duce a pleafing and picturefque effect . Our poet has not been inattentive to these circumstances in the con- duct of his plan . His SPRING begins with a view of the ...
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... these , fome are obvious to the common obferver , and require only juftnefs and elegance of taste for the selection : others difcover themselves only to the mind opened and enlarged by science and philofophy . All the knowledge we ac ...
... these , fome are obvious to the common obferver , and require only juftnefs and elegance of taste for the selection : others difcover themselves only to the mind opened and enlarged by science and philofophy . All the knowledge we ac ...
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... these topics with a true fublimity , which a writer of less knowledge and accuracy could never have attained . The ftrict propriety with which fub- jects from Aftronomy and the other parts of Natural Philofophy are introduced into a ...
... these topics with a true fublimity , which a writer of less knowledge and accuracy could never have attained . The ftrict propriety with which fub- jects from Aftronomy and the other parts of Natural Philofophy are introduced into a ...
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... these remarks , or to mark out fingly the feveral paffages of our author which display his talents for defcription to the greatest ad- vantage . Our present design rather requires fuch a general view of the materials he has collected ...
... these remarks , or to mark out fingly the feveral paffages of our author which display his talents for defcription to the greatest ad- vantage . Our present design rather requires fuch a general view of the materials he has collected ...
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... these , the exquifite richness and beauty in others , and the no- velty in all , afford such a happy variety for the poet's selection , that we need not wonder if some of his nobleft pieces are the product of this delightful ex- curfion ...
... these , the exquifite richness and beauty in others , and the no- velty in all , afford such a happy variety for the poet's selection , that we need not wonder if some of his nobleft pieces are the product of this delightful ex- curfion ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaſt bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends defcription earth ether facred fatire feafon fecret fhade fhine filent fimple fing firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft fome fong fons foon foreft foul friendſhip ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwain fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf itſelf laft landſcape laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleafing pleaſure poet rage raiſe reſtleſs rife round ruſhes ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhower ſky ſpirit ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm taſte tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſe vale vex'd waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wiſdom wonders woods