...interest beyond their own. The plough, the loom, the flocks and herds, to him have a new value— ' The common sun, the air. the skies, To him are opening Paradise.' The endearments of kindred and friendship, have almost the charms of novelty to him, and what was little...

...knowledge, every step he takes affords new delight ; and, in the language of Gray, " The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,...the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise." Of the truth of this we have a happy illustration in the following memoir. The earlier part of Mr....

...knowledge, every step he takes affords new delight ; and, in the language of Gray, " The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,...the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise." Of the truth of this we have a happy illustration in the following memoir. The earlier part of Mr....

...thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe, and walk again : The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,...sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise. SUMMER. THOMSON. FROM brightening fields of ether fair disclos'd, Child of the Sun, refulgent Summer...

...precious years, is thus introduced at last to a new heaven and a new earth; " The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are op'ning Paradise." The effects of foreign travel have been often remarked, not only in rousing the...

...precious years, is thus introduced at last to a new heaven and a new earth ; " The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are op'ning Paradise." The effects of foreign travel have been often remarked, not only in rousing the...

...an improved monkey. II— NON-ANIMATED NATURE. ' The meanest now'rct of the vale. The simplest sound that swells the gale, The common sun— the air— the skies — To him are opening Paradise.' GBAV. I. — VEGETABLE MECHANICS. The Porcupine Pear. — Most of our readers have heard of the porcupine...

...Take first the following lines of Gray, " See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pam, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and...the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradise." ' It cannot be questioned, says Mr. Montgomery, that this is genuine poetry, and that the beautiful,...

...thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again. The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,...common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradue." Our author's reputation as a poet, was so high, that on the death of Colley Cibber, 1757,...

...And breathe and walk again. The meanest floweret of the vale. The simplest note that swells the sul The common sun, the air, the skies To him are opening paradise." HOBBES' THEORY. Whether the laughter so common in cases of this nature ever exists, unless united with...