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" Shagg'd o'er with wavy rocks, cheerless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months Flies conscious southward. Miserable they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun ; While, full of death, and fierce... "
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 44
by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pages
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...they! 920 Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun; E £ While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost,...night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the BRITON'S fate, 925 As with first prow, (what have not BRITONS dar'd!) He for the passage...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...bottom chain'd , And bid to roar no more : a bleak expanse , Shagg'd o'er with wavy rocks, chearless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months...frost, The long long night , incumbent o'er their 4ieads , Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's fate , As with first prow, ( what have not Britons ihir'd...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...resist The binding fury; but, in all its rage Of tempest taken by the boundless frost, Is many a fathom to the bottom chain'd, And bid to roar no more: a...night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's* fate, As with first prow (what have not Britons dared!) He for the passage sought,...
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The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...resist The binding fury; but, in all its rage Of tempest taken by the boundless frost, Is many a fathom to the bottom chain'd, And bid to roar no more: a...night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's * fate, As with first prow (what have not Britons dared!) He for the passage...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 3

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1802 - 652 pages
...oppresses half the globe. Miserable they Who here, entangled in the gath'ring ice. Take their last look at the descending sun : While full of death, and fierce...long, long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's* fate As with first prow (what have not Britons dar'd) He for...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 3

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1802 - 650 pages
...oppresses half the globe. Miserable they Who here, entangled in the gath'ring ice, Take their last look at the descending sun : While full of death, and fierce...frost, The long, long night, incumbent o'er their hr.nl.«, Fallt horrible. Such was the Briton's* fat« As with first prow (what have not Britons dar'd...
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The seasons; with the life of the author. To which are added Hesiod, or the ...

James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...rocks, chearless, and void (i) The other Hemisphere. Of every life, that from the dreary months ''lies conscious southward. Miserable they Who , here entangled...night , incumbent o'er their heads , Falls horrible. Such was the (i) BRITON'S fate , As vrithjlrst prow , (what have not BRITONS dar'd !) He for the passage...
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The seasons. To which is prefixed the life of the author

James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...cheerless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months Flies conscious southward. Miserahle they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take...and fierce with tenfold frost, The long long night, incumhent o'er their heads, Falls horrihle. Such was the Briton's * fate, As with first prow (which...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...chearless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months Flies conscious southward. Miserable they 920 Who, here entangled in the gathering ice Take their...of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long, longnight, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's fate * 925 As with first...
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The Juvenile Plutarch:: Containing Accounts of the Lives of Celebrated ...

Biography - 1806 - 224 pages
...that Sir Hugh Willoughby, an enterprizing English navigator, perished, with all his crew, in 1553. Miserable they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering...frost, The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Kails horrible. Such was the Briton's fate, As with firstjirow (M'hat have not Britons dar'd ?) He...
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