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" Thrice happy swain ! A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs, then decided thine. For, lo ! conducted by the laughing Loves, This cool retreat his Musidora sought : Warm in her cheek the sultry season glow'd; And, rob'd in loose array,... "
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Summer

James Thomson - 1892 - 148 pages
...her heart; And, if an infant passion struggled there, To call that passion forth. Thrice happy swain! A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs, then decided thine. For lo! conducted by the laughing loves, This cool retreat his Musidora sought: Warm in her...
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Thomas Gainsborough

Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, Thomas Gainsborough - 1903 - 370 pages
...Hamilton may have sat, illustrates the lines from Thomson's " Summer," beginning " Thrice happy swain ! A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs, then decided thine." Study of a Dog (p. 1 1 2). This is an admirable study in coloured chalk of a little spaniel,...
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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

Alfred Ewen Fletcher - 1904 - 304 pages
..." Musidora Bathing her Feet," was suggested by a passage in the Seasons: — " Thrice happy swain ! A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs, then decided thine. For lo ! conducted by the laughing loves, This cool retreat his Musidora sought Warm in her...
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Thomson's Seasons

James Thomson - 1908 - 408 pages
...her Heart; And, if an infant Passion struggled there, To call that Passion forth. Thrice happy Swain! A lucky Chance, that oft decides the Fate Of mighty Monarchs, then decided thine. 1280 For lo! conducted by the laughing Loves, This cool Retreat his Musidora sought: 10* (Sequel)...
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Palaestra: Untersuchungen und Texte aus der deutschen und englischen Philologie

1908 - 718 pages
...her Heart; And, if an infant Passion struggled there, To call that Passion forth. Thrice happy Swain! A lucky Chance, that oft decides the Fate Of mighty Monarchs, then decided thine. u8o For lo! conducted by the laughing Loves, This cool Retreat his Musidora sought: B While,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson - 1908 - 554 pages
...heart ; And, if an infant passion struggled there, To call that passion forth. Thrice happy swain ! A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs, then decided thine ! For, lo ! conducted by the laughing Loves, This cool retreat his Musidora sought : Warm in...
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On Second Thought: Updating the Eighteenth-century Text

Debra Taylor Bourdeau, Elizabeth Kraft - 2007 - 310 pages
...her heart; And, if an infant passion struggled there, To call that passion forth. Thrice happy swain! A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs, then decided thine! For, lo! Conducted by the laughing Loves, This cool retreat his Musidora sought: (1744, 1273-89)...
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