"I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?"
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James Thomson (poet, born 1700)
James Thomson (September 11, 1700 – August 27, 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright.
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