Collection of English Almanacs for the Years 1702-18351793 |
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19th day 5th day afcending Afpects aftern afternoon Aldebaran alfo Alphege anfwered April caufe Clock cloudy D's Drifes Day breaks Decl declin Dominical Letter Drifes Eaft Eafter eclipfe ends ENIGMA Epip faid fair fame fecond feen feveral fhall fhould fhowers firft fnow folution fome fouth ftar fuch Full Moon fure given Helioc Henry Holy increaſed James Eyre John June June 21 Jupiter King Laft Quarter latitude latitude latitude lefs London Longit longitude Mars Mars Venus Meffrs minutes paft moft Moon's muft muſt night o'er Obfervations paſt perigeo perp Peter Peckard Planets pofition Prince rain Ruffia Saturn Sept South Star Sun fets Sun rifes Sun's Sund Sunday after Trinity Term begins thefe theſe thofe triangle Trin Venus vifible Weather Wedn whofe winds ΙΟ
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Page 2 - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Ed-ward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V...
Page 47 - Southing, and Setting of the Planets and fixed Stars throughout the Year; whereby may be known the exaft Hour of the Night at all Times, when either the Moon or Stars are feen. Calculated according to Art, and referred to the Horizon of th?
Page 1 - Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of...
Page 40 - And grateful adoration, for that light So plenteous ray'd into thy mind below, From light himself; Oh, look with pity down On humankind, a frail erroneous race...
Page 38 - Shine out diftinct adown the watery bow ; While o'er our heads the dewy vifion bends Delightful, melting on the fields beneath. Myriads of mingling dyes from thefe refult, And myriads ftill remain ; infinite fource Of beauty...
Page 37 - He first of men with awful wing pursued The comet through the long elliptic curve, As round innumerous worlds he wound his way ; Till, to the forehead of our evening sky Return'd, the blazing wonder glares anew, 80 And o'er the trembling nations shakes dismay.
Page 1 - And all the fair variety of things. But not alike to every mortal eye Is this great fcene unveil'd. For fince the claims...
Page 37 - Through the blue infinite; and every star, Which the clear concave of a winter's night Pours on the eye...
Page 1 - Wedn. Wedn Wedn. Wedn. Mond. On the Morrow of the Holy Trinity in eight Days of the Holy Trinity In fifteen Days of the Holy...
Page 39 - Of Being dare contend, fay, can a foul Of fuch extenfive, deep, tremendous powers, Enlarging ftill, be but a finer breath Of fpirits dancing thro' their tubes awhile, And then for ever loft in vacant air ? But hark ! methinks I hear a warning voice, Solemn as when ibme awful change is come, Sound thro' the world — 'Tin/one/ — Tie meafure's full', And I rejlgn my charge.