James Thomson
Published: 2016-06-28
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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of James Thomson, Vol. 1 of 2 We are to believe Sir Harris Nicolas, Thomson acted. But there seems no reason for rejecting entirely Johnson's statement, that a lady who was acquainted with Thomson's mother advised him to the journey, and promised some coun tenance or assistance which, at last, he never received. If, however, the person in question was, as I have seen it stated, Lady Grizel Baillie,1 a connection of Thomson's mother, the implied censure is, as will be seen, unjust. Thomson left Edinburgh without a degree, embarking at Leith in March, His mother, as we learn from the tender lines which he dedicated to her memory, saw him depart; they never met again. She died on May l0th, 1725. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.