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Thus varied in English by the Shepherd of Banbury :If the sun rise red and fiery ,
wind and rain . * If cloudy and it soon decrease , certain fair weather . Clouds
small and round , like a dapple grey , with a North wind , fair weather for two or
three ...
Thus varied in English by the Shepherd of Banbury :If the sun rise red and fiery ,
wind and rain . * If cloudy and it soon decrease , certain fair weather . Clouds
small and round , like a dapple grey , with a North wind , fair weather for two or
three ...
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produce a great drought , if there has been much rain out of the South before .
The wind usually turns from North to South , with a quiet wind without rain , but
returns to the North with a strong wind and rain . The strongest winds are when it
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produce a great drought , if there has been much rain out of the South before .
The wind usually turns from North to South , with a quiet wind without rain , but
returns to the North with a strong wind and rain . The strongest winds are when it
...
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Rain may be expected , when the Swallow flies low , and skims backward and
forward over the surface of the earth and waters , frequently dipping the tips of
her wings below the surface of the pool over which she skims . When Bees do not
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Rain may be expected , when the Swallow flies low , and skims backward and
forward over the surface of the earth and waters , frequently dipping the tips of
her wings below the surface of the pool over which she skims . When Bees do not
...
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Before Rain Dogges are apt to grow very sleepy and dull , and to lay all day
before the fire . Before Rain Moles throw up ... c . indicates hard weather . When
Spiders are seen crawling on the walls more than usual , Rain will probably
ensue .
Before Rain Dogges are apt to grow very sleepy and dull , and to lay all day
before the fire . Before Rain Moles throw up ... c . indicates hard weather . When
Spiders are seen crawling on the walls more than usual , Rain will probably
ensue .
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rain ; the same is said of rain on St. Swithin , July 15. 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 .
rain ; the same is said of rain on St. Swithin , July 15. 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 .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
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...
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or rather written] by T. Forster |
| Autor | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster |
| Publicação | 1824 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 8 Mar 2007 |
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