The Seasons: With the Life of the Author. to which are Added Hesiod, Or the Rise of Woman and the Hermit, by Parnell. Together with Henry and Emma, by Prior1808 |
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... heart exalts these lays , You fairest , in that fancy shine , And all that heart is fondly thine . * These verses were never before published . They were written by Mr. Thomson to Amanda , then Miss Y - G . so often celebrated , with a ...
... heart exalts these lays , You fairest , in that fancy shine , And all that heart is fondly thine . * These verses were never before published . They were written by Mr. Thomson to Amanda , then Miss Y - G . so often celebrated , with a ...
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... heart , charni'd the reader no less ; leaving him in doubt , whether he should more ad- mire the Poet , or love the Man . A From that time Mr. Thomson's acquaintance was courted by all men of taste ; and several ladies of high rank and ...
... heart , charni'd the reader no less ; leaving him in doubt , whether he should more ad- mire the Poet , or love the Man . A From that time Mr. Thomson's acquaintance was courted by all men of taste ; and several ladies of high rank and ...
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... heart like his could feel , for the person whom , of all mankind , he most revered and loved . At the same time , he found himself , from an easy competency , reduced to a state of precarious dependance , in which he passed the ...
... heart like his could feel , for the person whom , of all mankind , he most revered and loved . At the same time , he found himself , from an easy competency , reduced to a state of precarious dependance , in which he passed the ...
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... hearts , he knew , were not con- tracted by the ample fortunes they had acquired ; 1 who would , of themselves , interpose , if they saw occasion for it . any But his chief dependance , during this long inter- val , was on the ...
... hearts , he knew , were not con- tracted by the ample fortunes they had acquired ; 1 who would , of themselves , interpose , if they saw occasion for it . any But his chief dependance , during this long inter- val , was on the ...
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... his taste upon the best origi- nals , ancient and modern ; but could not bear to write what was not strictly , his own ; what had not more immediately struck his imagination , or touched his heart 2 * THOMSON'S LIFE . 29 A ...
... his taste upon the best origi- nals , ancient and modern ; but could not bear to write what was not strictly , his own ; what had not more immediately struck his imagination , or touched his heart 2 * THOMSON'S LIFE . 29 A ...
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amid art thou beam beauteous beauty bending beneath blooming bosom boundless breast breathes breeze bright CASTLE OF INDOLENCE charms chearful clouds Coriolanus crouds darting deep delight descends dreadful earth Emma Emma's ether exalts fair fair brow fancy fate fierce flame flocks flood gale gentle gloom glow grace Greece grove happy heart heaven Hesiod hills JAMES THOMSON light maid matchless mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night Nut-brown Maid Nymph o'er passion peace plain poison'd pomp pride race rage rapture rills rise robe rocks roll round rove rural sacred scene season shade shine silvan smiles snow soft song soul spread Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swelling tempest tender thee THOMAS PARNELL Thomson thou thought thro toil trembling Twas vale vex'd virtue walk wandering waste wave wild winds wing woods youth