The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... Thomson has exhibited the noblest group of winter imagery . Nor is this to be wondered at in a poet , who , in his earliest years , was fond of viewing nature , not only in her beautiful and smiling aspects , but , like the great ...
... Thomson has exhibited the noblest group of winter imagery . Nor is this to be wondered at in a poet , who , in his earliest years , was fond of viewing nature , not only in her beautiful and smiling aspects , but , like the great ...
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... Thomson's view of Winter in the polar circle is a noble imita- tion of this description ; but he soars far beyond his master , over deserts of snow , and oceans of ice , to the pole itself . Here again he personifies Winter , and ...
... Thomson's view of Winter in the polar circle is a noble imita- tion of this description ; but he soars far beyond his master , over deserts of snow , and oceans of ice , to the pole itself . Here again he personifies Winter , and ...
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... Thomson has exhibited the noblest group of winter imagery . Nor is this to be wondered at in a poet , who , in his earliest years , was fond of viewing nature , not only in her beautiful and smiling aspects , but , like the great ...
... Thomson has exhibited the noblest group of winter imagery . Nor is this to be wondered at in a poet , who , in his earliest years , was fond of viewing nature , not only in her beautiful and smiling aspects , but , like the great ...
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... Thomson's view of Winter in the polar circle is a noble imita- tion of this description ; but he soars far beyond his master , over deserts of snow , and oceans of ice , to the pole itself . Here again he personifies Winter , and ...
... Thomson's view of Winter in the polar circle is a noble imita- tion of this description ; but he soars far beyond his master , over deserts of snow , and oceans of ice , to the pole itself . Here again he personifies Winter , and ...
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... THOMSON In the subject of my preceding essay , I had a satisfaction in exhibiting some of those admirable pictures , which the great poets and painters of Nature have been found to trace . I next entered , with the natural philosopher ...
... THOMSON In the subject of my preceding essay , I had a satisfaction in exhibiting some of those admirable pictures , which the great poets and painters of Nature have been found to trace . I next entered , with the natural philosopher ...
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