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... or the constellations will have made theirs eastward , and will again fall into
their former places , with regard to the equinoxes , in 25,816 years , according to
Tycho Brahè ; in 25,920 years , according to Ricciolus ; and in 24,800 , according
...
... or the constellations will have made theirs eastward , and will again fall into
their former places , with regard to the equinoxes , in 25,816 years , according to
Tycho Brahè ; in 25,920 years , according to Ricciolus ; and in 24,800 , according
...
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Now as the rain entailed by a wet St. John the Baptist would merge St. Swithin in
water , it would follow , according to this rule , that we should on such occasions
have sixty rainy days . But the fact is that the description of this prognostic is ...
Now as the rain entailed by a wet St. John the Baptist would merge St. Swithin in
water , it would follow , according to this rule , that we should on such occasions
have sixty rainy days . But the fact is that the description of this prognostic is ...
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The first month of the Jewish year fell according to the Moon in our August and
September , Old Style ; the second in September and October , and so on . The
first month of the Aegyptian year began on the 29th of our August . The first month
of ...
The first month of the Jewish year fell according to the Moon in our August and
September , Old Style ; the second in September and October , and so on . The
first month of the Aegyptian year began on the 29th of our August . The first month
of ...
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She was born at Argos , or , according to others , in Samos , and was entrusted to
the care of the Seasons , or , as Homer and Ovid mention , to Oceanus and
Tethys . Some of the inhabitants of Argolis supposed that she had been brought
up ...
She was born at Argos , or , according to others , in Samos , and was entrusted to
the care of the Seasons , or , as Homer and Ovid mention , to Oceanus and
Tethys . Some of the inhabitants of Argolis supposed that she had been brought
up ...
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The second labour of Hercules was to destroy the Lernaean Hydra , which had
seven heads according to Apollodorus , fifty according to Simonides , and a
hundred according to Diodorus . This celebrated monster he attacked with his
arrows ...
The second labour of Hercules was to destroy the Lernaean Hydra , which had
seven heads according to Apollodorus , fifty according to Simonides , and a
hundred according to Diodorus . This celebrated monster he attacked with his
arrows ...
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Página 206 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Página 164 - There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Página 120 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets : As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun, and the moist star, Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands, Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse...
Página 172 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Página 218 - Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Página 231 - Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Página 190 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Página 51 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Página 572 - Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone ; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone ; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes, Or give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead.
Página 641 - Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night ' That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide...
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| Título | The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or rather written] by T. Forster |
| Autor | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster |
| Publicado | 1824 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 8 Mar 2007 |
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