THE ARGUMENT. The subject proposed.-Address to the earl of Wilmington.— First approach of Winter.—According to the natural course of the season, various storms described.-Rain.-Wind.Snow. The driving of the snows: a man perishing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life. The wolves descending from the Alps and Appenines. A winter evening described: as spent by philosophers; by the country people; in the city.-Frost.-A view of winter within the polar circle.-A thaw.-The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. |