The seasons : In four books. With Britannia, and liberty. By James Thomson. To which are added the following Pieces, I. Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, by Mr. Pope, II. Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick, by Mr. Dryden. III. Ode on Solitude, by Mr. Pope. IV. The dying Christian to his Soul, an Ode, by the same. V. The Universal Prayer, by the same. VI. Elegy, to the Memory of an unfortunate Lady, by the same. Vii. Veni Creator Spiritus, translated in Paraphrase, by Mr. Dryden. To which is prefixed, The life and literary character of Mr. Thomson, with a Criticism on some Part of his Works, pointing out their Excellencies. Illustrated with a new set of designs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, James, 1700-1748.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomson, James, 1700-1748.

Thomson, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, xii, 337 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : portrait.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by John Exshaw, in Dame-Street, M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

A reissue of the 1770 Dublin edition, with the titlepage and Pp.211-212 cancelled, and with the addition of pp.213-337 containing the poem 'Liberty'.

Braces in imprint.

OCLC:

642403587

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