Temporis calendarium; or An almanack1828 - 1848 pages |
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... begins 208 208 121 Sun. aft . Epiphany . 218 13M Plow Monday . St. Hil . 228 14 Tu Oxf . T. b . [ Cam . T.b. 238 15 W6 2.0 16Th Moon in Perigee 17F Polaris South 5 a 17 278 18S Prisca . Old Tw . Day 287 19 2 Sun. aft . Epiphany , 297 ...
... begins 208 208 121 Sun. aft . Epiphany . 218 13M Plow Monday . St. Hil . 228 14 Tu Oxf . T. b . [ Cam . T.b. 238 15 W6 2.0 16Th Moon in Perigee 17F Polaris South 5 a 17 278 18S Prisca . Old Tw . Day 287 19 2 Sun. aft . Epiphany , 297 ...
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... begins . September 28th , 1840 , the Year 5601 of the Jewish Era begins . FARMING AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS . and set osiers , poplars , willows , & c . Plough for barley , drain wet lands , Sow peas , beans , lettuce , spinage , and ...
... begins . September 28th , 1840 , the Year 5601 of the Jewish Era begins . FARMING AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS . and set osiers , poplars , willows , & c . Plough for barley , drain wet lands , Sow peas , beans , lettuce , spinage , and ...
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... begins 245 106 52 0 28 9 11 4 55 255 76 54 0 13 9 32 Is 3 O 265 56 56 0 a 2 9 54 6 53 16 Th Maundy Thursday 17 F Good Friday . 275 36 57 0 17 10 1512 23 2285 16 59 0 31 10 36 17 20 10 45 10 5721 34 19 577 2 0 5911 1824 53 18S H Rt . Asc ...
... begins 245 106 52 0 28 9 11 4 55 255 76 54 0 13 9 32 Is 3 O 265 56 56 0 a 2 9 54 6 53 16 Th Maundy Thursday 17 F Good Friday . 275 36 57 0 17 10 1512 23 2285 16 59 0 31 10 36 17 20 10 45 10 5721 34 19 577 2 0 5911 1824 53 18S H Rt . Asc ...
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... begins to unfold ; The sky - lark I see on the wing , The violet in purple behold : The tempests of winter are o'er , And cheerfulness wakens my lyre ; The bees venture out of their store : O , APRIL , thy charms I admire . A New Moon ...
... begins to unfold ; The sky - lark I see on the wing , The violet in purple behold : The tempests of winter are o'er , And cheerfulness wakens my lyre ; The bees venture out of their store : O , APRIL , thy charms I admire . A New Moon ...
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... begins . September 28th , 1840 , the Year 5601 of the Jewish Era begins . FARMING AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS . and set osiers , poplars , willows , & c . Plough for barley , drain wet lands , Sow peas , beans , lettuce , spinage , and ...
... begins . September 28th , 1840 , the Year 5601 of the Jewish Era begins . FARMING AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS . and set osiers , poplars , willows , & c . Plough for barley , drain wet lands , Sow peas , beans , lettuce , spinage , and ...
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1st day April 25 Berks BOTANICAL PHENOMENA Canada Cheshire CHRONOLOGICAL OCCURRENCES Clock aft Clock bef Day breaks Decl Ditto Easter Tues eclipse FARMING AND GARDENING Frid Friday frost Full Moon GARDENING DIRECTIONS GEOCENTRIC GEOCENTRIC LONGITUDES George H's long Holy Thurs Holy Thursday horse James John Joseph July 18 July 25 June 22 Last Quarter last Wed letters Lombard-street London Lord LUNATIONS AND WEATHER March March 11 March 25 Mars Mars rises Mercury METEOROLOGICAL Midlent month Moon HighW Packets Palm Sun perigee PLANETS PROPER LESSONS rain REMARKABLE DAYS RIGHT ASCENSIONS rises morn Samuel Saturn Sept Shrove snow stars Sun Sun Sun's Sun's semidiam SUNDAY AFT Sunday after Trinity Sunday in Lent Super Thomas Trin Tuesday Twilight ends Venus sets week Whit Mon Whit Monday Whit Sun Whit Thurs Whit Tues Whit Wed William
Popular passages
Page 15 - If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.
Page 5 - He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his cold ? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Page 36 - This table and the accompanying remarks are the result of many years' actual observation ; the whole being constructed on a due consideration of the attraction of the sun and moon, in their several positions respecting the earth, and will, by simple inspection, show the observer what kind of weather will most probably follow the entrance of the moon into any of its quarters, and that so near the truth as to be seldom or never found to fail.
Page 25 - First the flaming Red Sprung vivid forth ; the tawny Orange next ; And next delicious Yellow ; by whose side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing Green. Then the pure Blue, that swells autumnal skies, Ethereal...
Page 36 - These observations refer principally to the summer, though they affect spring and autumn nearly in the same ratio. 5. The moon's change, first quarter, full, and...
Page 11 - Through the still night, incessant, heavy, strong, And seizes Nature fast. It freezes on ; Till morn, late rising o'er the drooping world, Lifts her pale eye unjoyous.
Page 5 - The verdure of the plain lies buried deep Beneath the dazzling deluge, and the bents And coarser grass upspearing o'er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine Conspicuous, and, in bright apparel clad, And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb. The cattle mourn in corners, where the fence Screens them, and seem, half petrified, to sleep In unrecumbent sadness.
Page 31 - ... length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having a candle by me.
Page 36 - Creator, and the most striking demonstration of his " eternal power and godhead," were unworthy of their regard ; while we are commanded, in scripture, to " lift up our eyes on high, and consider Him who hath created these orbs, who bringeth forth their hosts by number," and who guides them in all their motions "by the greatness of his strength." '* The heavens," says the psalmist, " declare the glory of the Lord, and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
Page 38 - Powers of Attorney for the sale or transfer of Stock to be left at the Bank, &c., for examination, one day before they can be acted upon ; if for receiving dividends, they may be presented at the time the first dividend is payable.