The SeasonsA. Strahan, 1799 - 238 страници |
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... IT is commonly faid , that the life of a good writer is beft read in his works ; which can fcarce fail to receive a peculiar tincture from his temper , manners , and habits ; the distinguishing character of his mind , his ruling paffion ...
... IT is commonly faid , that the life of a good writer is beft read in his works ; which can fcarce fail to receive a peculiar tincture from his temper , manners , and habits ; the distinguishing character of his mind , his ruling paffion ...
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... it proceeds not from mere curiofity , but chiefly from affection and gratitude to those by whom they have been entertained and instructed . To give some account of a deceased friend is often a piece of justice likewife , which ought not ...
... it proceeds not from mere curiofity , but chiefly from affection and gratitude to those by whom they have been entertained and instructed . To give some account of a deceased friend is often a piece of justice likewife , which ought not ...
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... she was with a family of nine children , required the prudent counfels and affistance of that faithful and ge- nerous friend . Sir William Bennet likewife , well known for his gay humour and ready poetical wit , was highly delighted ...
... she was with a family of nine children , required the prudent counfels and affistance of that faithful and ge- nerous friend . Sir William Bennet likewife , well known for his gay humour and ready poetical wit , was highly delighted ...
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... She confulted her friend Mr. Gufthart : and having , by his advice , mortgaged her moiety of the farm , repaired with her family to Edinburgh ; where the lived in a decent , frugal manner , till her favourite fon had not only finifhed ...
... She confulted her friend Mr. Gufthart : and having , by his advice , mortgaged her moiety of the farm , repaired with her family to Edinburgh ; where the lived in a decent , frugal manner , till her favourite fon had not only finifhed ...
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... it is certain he owed much to a religious education ; and that his early acquaintance with the facred writings contri- buted greatly to that fublime , by which his works will be for ever diftinguished . In his first pieces , the Seafons ...
... it is certain he owed much to a religious education ; and that his early acquaintance with the facred writings contri- buted greatly to that fublime , by which his works will be for ever diftinguished . In his first pieces , the Seafons ...
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Страница 233 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Страница 236 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Страница 237 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey ; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around...
Страница 25 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes; when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake; The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove; Nor are the linnets, o'er the flowering furze Pour'd out profusely, silent.
Страница 153 - With every gentle care-eluding art, To raise the virtues, animate the bliss, And sweeten all the toils of human life: This be the female dignity and praise.
Страница 24 - When first the soul of love is sent abroad, Warm through the vital air, and on the heart Harmonious seizes, the gay troops begin, In gallant thought, to plume the painted wing; And try again the long-forgotten strain, At first faint-warbled.
Страница 182 - Into his freshenM soul ; her genial hours He full enjoys; and not a beauty blows, And not an opening blossom breathes, in vain.
Страница 198 - 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...
Страница 137 - Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, A myrtle rises, far from human eye, And breathes its balmy fragrance o'er the wild...
Страница 235 - Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.