Thomson, James, 1700-1748. The four seasons, and other poems. By James Thomson. London: printed for J. Millan, near Scotland-Yard, White-Hall; and A. Millar, in the Strand, M.DCC.XXXV., 1735. [2];77,[3];64;72;79,[1]p.,plates; 8⁰. (ESTC T83; Foxon T242; OTA K019862.000)

    • THE FOUR SEASONS, AND OTHER POEMS.

    By JAMES THOMSON.

    LONDON: Printed for J. MILLAN, near Scotland-Yard, White-hall; and A. MILLAR, in the Strand. M.DCC.XXXV.

    • SPRING. Inscrib'd to the RIGHT HONOURABLE the Countess of Hertford. (Price 1 s. 6 d.

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    • SPRING. A POEM.

    By Mr. THOMSON.

    Et nunc omnis Ager, nunc omnis parturit Arbos,
    Nunc frondent Silvae, nunc formosissimus Annus.
    VIRG.

    The SECOND EDITION.

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    LONDON. Printed for A. MILLAR, at Buchanan's, Head, over against St. Clement's Church in the Strand. M.DCC.XXXI.

    • The ARGUMENT.

    The Subject propos'd. Inscribed to Lady HERTFORD. This Season is described as it affects the various parts of Nature, ascending from the lower to the higher; and mixed with Digressions arising from the subject. Its influence on inanimate Matter, on Vegetables, on brute Animals, and last on Man; concluding with a Dissuasive from the wild and irregular passion of love, opposed to that of a purer and more reasonable kind.

  • [The Seasons:] SPRING.

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    • SUMMER. A POEM.

    By JAMES THOMSON.

    The FOURTH EDITION, with ADDITIONS.

    LONDON: Printed for J. MILLAN, Bookseller, near Whitehall. M.DCC.XXXV. Price 1s. 6d.

    • The ARGUMENT.

    The subject propos'd. Invocation. Address to Mr. DODINGTON. An introductory reflection on the motion of the heavenly bodies; whence the succession of the SEASONS. As the face of nature in this season is almost uniform, the progress of the poem is a description of a summer's day. Morning. A view of the sun-rising. Hymn to the sun. Forenoon. Rural prospects. Summer infects describ'd. Noon-day. A woodland retreat. A groupe of flocks and herds. A solemn grove. How it affects a contemplative mind. Transition to the prospect of a rich well-cultivated country; which introduces a panegyric on GREAT-BRITAIN. A digression on foreign summers. Storm of thunder and lightning. A tale. The storm over; a serene afternoon. Bathing. Sun-set. Evening. The whole concluding with the praise of Philosophy.

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  • [The Seasons:] SUMMER.
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    • AUTUMN. A POEM.

    By JAMES THOMSON.

    The SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON: Printed by N. BLANDFORD, for J. MILLAN, Bookseller near Whitehall. MDCCXXX. (Price 1s. 6d.)

    • AUTUMN. Inscrib'd to the RIGHT HONOURABLE ARTHUR ONSLOW, Esq SPEAKER of the HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    • The ARGUMENT.

    The subject propos'd. Address to Mr. ONSLOW. A prospect of the fields ready for harvest. Reaping. A tale. A harvest storm. Shooting and hunting, their barbarity. A ludicrous account of fox-hunting. A view of an orchard. Wall-fruit. A vineyard. A description of fogs, frequent in the latter part of AUTUMN: whence a digression, enquiring into the rise of fountains, and rivers. Birds of season considered, that now shift their habitation. The prodigious number of them that cover the northern and western isles of SCOTLAND. Hence a view of the country. A prospect of the dIscoloured, fading woods. After a gentle dusky day, moon-light. Autumnal meteors. Morning: to which succeeds a calm, pure, sun-shiNe day, such as usually shuts up the season. The harvest being gathered in, the country dissolv'd in joy. The whole concludes with a panegyric on a philosophical country life.

  • [The Seasons:] AUTUMN.

    • WINTER, A POEM; A HYMN ON THE SEASONS: A POEM to the MEMORY of Sir ISAAC NEWTON; AND BRITANNIA, a POEM.

    By JAMES THOMSON.

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    • The ARGUMENT.

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  • [The Seasons:] WINTER.
  • A HYMN ON THE SEASONS.
  • A POEM Sacred to the MEMORY of Sir ISAAC NEWTON.
  • BRITANNIA. A POEM.

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