James Thomson
James Thomson
Scottish poet, dramatist, and lyricist known for his poetry collection The Seasons and for the text of the song "Rule, Brittania! His last work, The Castle of Indolence, was published just before his early death.
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 September 1700
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But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
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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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Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.
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Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
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Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove/ An unrelenting foe to love;/ And when we meet a mutual heart,/ Come in between and bid us part?
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Although the creation of this center is very important, I hope that NIH will ultimately decide to fund additional similar centers across the United States to support this rapidly expanding field,
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A little, round, fat, oily man of God.
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This is the first time is has been possible for us to derive new cell lines in completely defined conditions in medium that completely lacks animal products.
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If Wisconsin is perceived as an environment that is anti- science, it's going to damage our state, ... This bill has the potential to do that.
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Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!
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His earnings go up and down depending on what he wants to do.
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But yonder comes the powerful king of day,/ Rejoicing in the east.