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" Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses. "
Supplement to the Rural Sports - Page 353
by William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 507 pages
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The Seasons ...

James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
...poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a...shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses." "His is one of the works in which blank verse seems properly used. Thomson's wide expansion...
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The British Essayists: The Observer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 258 pages
...poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a...Seasons wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thompson expresses.' Great part of this high praise...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 414 pages
...diftinguifues in every "thing prefenttd to its view, whatever there is oil which imagination can de" light to be detained ; and with a mind, that at once comprehends the valfc," and attends to the minute. The reader of the fiafons wonders that he never " tumn, and the...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...that distinguishes, in every thing pre" sented to his view, whatever there is in which ima" gination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at...shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses. " His descriptions of extended scenes and general ' effects bring before us the whole magnificence...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...a poet; the eje that distinguishes in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at ooce comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. The reader of the " Seasons" wonders that he...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing represented to its view whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a...never saw before what Thomson shews him ; and that he I never yet has felt what Thomson impresses." His testamentary executors were Lord Lyttelton, whose...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing represented to its view whatever there is on, which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a...minute. The reader of the Seasons wonders that he Eminent men. never saw before what Thomson shews him ; and that he ' v .i never yet has felt what Thomson...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 636 pages
...imagination can delight to be detained, and with a! miud that at once comprehends the vast, and attends the minute. The reader of the Seasons wonders that...him ; and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses." His testamentory executors were Lord Lyttelton, whose tare of our poet's fortune and fame...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a...comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. " " — The great defect of the "Seasons" is want of method; but for this I know not that there was any remedy."...
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A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century: Part the First in ..., Volume 3

Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1805 - 422 pages
...poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on , which imagination can delight to be detained ; and with...once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. He leads us through the appearances of things as they are successively varied by the vicissitudes of...
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