 His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter take in their turns...  The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 84edited by - 1781Full view - About this book
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...intersections of the sense, which are the necessary effects of rhyme. His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects, bring before us the whole magnificence of nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendor of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | 1816 - 526 pages
...interruptions of the sense, which are the necessary effects of rhyme. His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 526 pages
...interruptions of the sense, which are the necessary effects of rliyme. His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...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 of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 pages
...the whole magnificence of nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of spring, the splendour of summer, the tranquillity of autumn, and the horror of winter, take in thejr turns possession of the mind. The poet leads us through the appearances of things as they are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...intersection of the sense, which are the necessary effects of rhyme. His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | 1822 - 278 pages
...the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter, take in their turns possession of the mind. The poet leads us through the appearances of things as they are successively... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...intersection of the sense, which are the necessary effects of rhyme. His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...intersection of the sense, which are the necessary effects of rhyme. His descriptions of extended scenes and general effects bring before us the whole magnificence of Nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...was ended on the 27th of August^ 1748. "His descriptions," ^says Dr. Johnson, " of extended scenes and general effects, bring before us the whole magnificence of nature, whether pleasing or dreadful. Thq gaiety of Spring, the splendor of Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and... | |
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