Time's telescope; or, A Complete guide to the almanack [ed. by J. Millard].John Millard (assistant librarian of the Surrey inst) 1834 |
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... night . So closely is this custom observed , that after that hour not a pancake is to be found in the town . The children of the villages of Stadthampton , Chisle- hampton , & c . Oxon , on this day go about begging for a shroving ...
... night . So closely is this custom observed , that after that hour not a pancake is to be found in the town . The children of the villages of Stadthampton , Chisle- hampton , & c . Oxon , on this day go about begging for a shroving ...
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... night winds are nought , Believe not the tale that he's telling , His tongue with deception is fraught . " Thus Reason the maiden admonish'd But with him she would not agree ; And opened the window , astonished The poor little wanderer ...
... night winds are nought , Believe not the tale that he's telling , His tongue with deception is fraught . " Thus Reason the maiden admonish'd But with him she would not agree ; And opened the window , astonished The poor little wanderer ...
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... nights brought no repose from the afflictions of her conscience . She obtained a kind of armour formed of crucifixes , wherein she encased herself , performed penances , built monasteries , and died universally execrated by the indig ...
... nights brought no repose from the afflictions of her conscience . She obtained a kind of armour formed of crucifixes , wherein she encased herself , performed penances , built monasteries , and died universally execrated by the indig ...
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... night , Explore the purple fields of heaven on wings of silver light ; Thy lips , though mute , are eloquent , they bid the fancy start ; Thou art welcome , thou art welcome to the meditative heart . The whole earth is instinct with ...
... night , Explore the purple fields of heaven on wings of silver light ; Thy lips , though mute , are eloquent , they bid the fancy start ; Thou art welcome , thou art welcome to the meditative heart . The whole earth is instinct with ...
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... night , the interchange of seasons , the precision and harmony observed in the motions of the heavenly bodies , " so still , so uniform , so regular in succession , and all indicative of the superin- tendence of a wise , good , and ...
... night , the interchange of seasons , the precision and harmony observed in the motions of the heavenly bodies , " so still , so uniform , so regular in succession , and all indicative of the superin- tendence of a wise , good , and ...
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15th.-Illuminated disc 1st day 2d day 4th day altitude animalcules appearance Aquarii astronomers atmosphere axis beautiful birds bodies Capricorni Cassiopeia centre Cepheus Ceres colour Coma Berenices comet commenced conjunction dark Declination Delphinus diameter DIED difference of latitude distance double star earth eclipse EDWARD BLYTH Emersion feathers FIXED STARS Flamstead flowers fluid Geminorum Greatest and least greatest eastern elongation heaven Herschel horizon Immersion inferior conjunction John Herschel Jupiter least magnitude Leo Minor light MARTYR Mercury Meridian Transit months Moon morning motion nature nest night North Dec observed ox-eye perigee perihelion period PHENOMENA PLANETARUM planet remarkable Right Ascen ring rise round Saturn Second satellite seen semi-diameter shadow solar South Dec species spots sun's sweet Tauri TELESCOPIC OBJECTS thee Third satellite tion tree Uranus Ursa Ursa Major velocity Venus Vesta Virginis visible wing Wormegay young zenith
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Strona 82 - TO THE EVENING STAR Star that bringest home the bee, And sett'st the weary labourer free ! If any star shed peace, 'tis Thou That send'st it from above, Appearing when Heaven's breath and brow Are sweet as hers we love. Come to the luxuriant skies, Whilst the landscape's odours rise, Whilst far-off lowing herds are heard And songs when toil is done, From cottages whose smoke unstirr'd Curls yellow in the sun.
Strona 76 - This, together with my known sentiments on that subject, having produced a coolness between me and my immediate kindred, I proceeded on my travels, and passed through different countries chiefly within, but some beyond, the bounds of Hindoostan, with a feeling of great aversion to the establishment of the British power in India.
Strona 8 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Strona 58 - The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask...
Strona 21 - ... occupied by a boundless abyss of luminous matter : still we ask, how space came to be thus occupied, how matter came to be thus luminous? If we establish by physical proofs, that the first fact which can be traced in the history of the world, is that "there was light;" we shall still be led, even by our natural reason, to suppose that before this could occur, " God said, let there be light.
Strona 26 - Can man conceive beyond what God can do ? Nothing but quite impossible is hard. He summons into being, with like ease, A whole creation, and a single grain. Speaks he the word ? a thousand worlds are born ! A thousand worlds ? there's space for millions more ; And in what space can his great fiat fail ? Condemn me not, cold critic, but indulge The warm imagination : why condemn ? Why not indulge such thoughts as swell our hearts With fuller admiration of...
Strona 52 - Ingens macula in sole conspiciebatur, cujus diameter •£$ diam solis." ground is finely mottled with an appearance of minute, dark dots, or pores, which, when attentively watched, are found to be in a constant state of change. There is nothing which represents so faithfully this appearance as the slow subsidence of some flocculent chemical precipitates in a transparent fluid, when viewed perpendicularly from above...
Strona 76 - I enjoyed the confidence of several of them even in their public capacity. My continued controversies with the Brahmins on the subject of their idolatry and superstition, and my interference with their custom of burning widows and other pernicious practices, revived and increased their animosity against me ; and through their influence with my family, niy father was again obliged to withdraw his countenance openly, though his limited pecuniary support was still continued to me.
Strona 5 - Who bid brute matter's restive lump assume Such various forms, and gave it wings to fly ? Has matter innate motion ? then each atom, Asserting its indisputable right To dance, would form...
Strona 12 - O smile not ! nor think it a worthless thing, If it be with instruction fraught ; That which will closest and longest cling, Is alone worth a serious thought...