The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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... the most masterly striking parts of it ; but at laft , turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , fmiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he muft 1 must keep a stricter rein upon his imagination , and X THE LIFE OF.
... the most masterly striking parts of it ; but at laft , turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , fmiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he muft 1 must keep a stricter rein upon his imagination , and X THE LIFE OF.
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... useful life , Progreffive virtue , and approving HEAVEN . Thefe are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceafelefs round a jarring world they roll , Still find them happy ; and ...
... useful life , Progreffive virtue , and approving HEAVEN . Thefe are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceafelefs round a jarring world they roll , Still find them happy ; and ...
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... useful glory rous'd mankind , And in unbounded Commerce mix'd the world . 1011 INCREASING fill the terrors of these storms , His jaws horrific arm'd with threefold fate , Here dwells the direful fhark . Lur'd by the fcent 1015 Of ...
... useful glory rous'd mankind , And in unbounded Commerce mix'd the world . 1011 INCREASING fill the terrors of these storms , His jaws horrific arm'd with threefold fate , Here dwells the direful fhark . Lur'd by the fcent 1015 Of ...
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... . Thine a steady MORE , Who , with a generous tho ' mistaken zeal , Withstood a brutal tyrant's useful rage , Like CATO firm , like ARISTIDES juft , F 3 1490 ' Like Like rigid CINCINNATUS nobly poor , A dauntlefs foul erect SUMMER . TOF.
... . Thine a steady MORE , Who , with a generous tho ' mistaken zeal , Withstood a brutal tyrant's useful rage , Like CATO firm , like ARISTIDES juft , F 3 1490 ' Like Like rigid CINCINNATUS nobly poor , A dauntlefs foul erect SUMMER . TOF.
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... useful arts , Of civil wisdom , and of martial skill . Charg'd with the ftores of Europe home he goes ! Then cities rife amid th ' illumin'd waste ; · O'er joyless defarts fmiles the rural reign ; Far - diftant flood to flood is focial ...
... useful arts , Of civil wisdom , and of martial skill . Charg'd with the ftores of Europe home he goes ! Then cities rife amid th ' illumin'd waste ; · O'er joyless defarts fmiles the rural reign ; Far - diftant flood to flood is focial ...
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Page 44 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 175 - Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing through the drifted heaps, Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home Rush on his nerves, and call their vigour forth In many a vain attempt.
Page 176 - ... they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame.
Page 172 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 176 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 31 - The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young.
Page 49 - Till far o'er ether spreads the widening glow And from before the lustre of her face White break the clouds away. With quickened step Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top Swell on the sight and brighten with the dawn. Blue through the dusk the smoking currents shine, And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps awkward, while along the forest glade The wild deer trip and often turning gaze At early passenger.
Page 89 - At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds...
Page 146 - High hovering o'er the broad cerulean scene, Sees Caledonia, in romantic view : Her airy mountains, from the waving main, Invested with a keen diffusive sky. Breathing the soul acute : her forests huge...
Page 172 - All nature reels. Till Nature's King, who oft Amid tempestuous darkness dwells alone, And on the wings of the careering wind Walks dreadfully serene, commands a calm; Then, straight, air, sea, and earth, are hush'd at once.