Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the AlmanackSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1819 |
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... England , ' which are at once celebrated for the perspicuity and elegance of their style , and ( generally speaking ) for their sound and con- stitutional principles . He is charged , however , with softening some passages in his first ...
... England , ' which are at once celebrated for the perspicuity and elegance of their style , and ( generally speaking ) for their sound and con- stitutional principles . He is charged , however , with softening some passages in his first ...
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... Easter . It was afterwards converted into a day of idle sports and amusements ; and within these few years , in many parts of England , its anniver- sary was distinguished by riot and drunkenness , by bull IN FEBRUARY 1819 . 45.
... Easter . It was afterwards converted into a day of idle sports and amusements ; and within these few years , in many parts of England , its anniver- sary was distinguished by riot and drunkenness , by bull IN FEBRUARY 1819 . 45.
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... common name of the tree is derived . The wood being smooth and tough , is excellent for knife and whip handles . This species of fruit tree has been cultivat- ed in England for nearly four hundred years ; but 62 FRUIT TREES .
... common name of the tree is derived . The wood being smooth and tough , is excellent for knife and whip handles . This species of fruit tree has been cultivat- ed in England for nearly four hundred years ; but 62 FRUIT TREES .
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... England , and make a tart little inferior to the cranberry . The juice is frequently boiled down to an extract , with the addition of a small proportion of sugar , and is then called Rob ; which is much used to cleanse and lubricate in ...
... England , and make a tart little inferior to the cranberry . The juice is frequently boiled down to an extract , with the addition of a small proportion of sugar , and is then called Rob ; which is much used to cleanse and lubricate in ...
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... England , of chil- dren visiting their parents , and presenting them with money , trinkets , or some other trifle . Fur- mety is commonly a rural repast on this day . It is made of whole grains of wheat first parboiled , and then put ...
... England , of chil- dren visiting their parents , and presenting them with money , trinkets , or some other trifle . Fur- mety is commonly a rural repast on this day . It is made of whole grains of wheat first parboiled , and then put ...
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acid angle animal antient appear apricot Astronomical axis beautiful birds Bishop bodies buds called Christian church colour conjunction consequently cyder dial died distance dotterel Earth Eclipses of Jupiter's ecliptic England equal equator feet festival fieldfare flavour flesh flowers fluid force FRUIT TREES garden grapes gravity green heat hence inferior conjunction insects John Barleycorn juice Julian period kind King last volume latitude leaves length longitude mean Mercury meridian metal mezereon month Moon morning motion Naturalist's Diary nature night o'er observed obtained orange colour orbit oxide oxygen pear peculiar pendulum Phase of Venus plants quantity right ascension ripens Rising and Setting Royal Observatory Saint Saint Stephen Satellites season sidereal solar sort star substance subtract Sun's Sunday sweet tannin taste thee thou tides Time's Telescope tion vegetable velocity Venus versed sine vessel wood yellow
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Página 161 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move, To come to thee and be thy love.
Página 132 - Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honeyed showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Página 322 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining ? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Página 161 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.
Página 267 - Springlets in the dawn are steaming, Diamonds on the brake are gleaming ; And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green ; Now we come to chant our lay
Página 161 - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Página 208 - And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn should die. They took a plough and plough'd him down, Put clods upon his head; And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began to fall : John Barleycorn got up again.
Página 137 - ... defiance to the giddy wheel of fortune. She doth all things with so sweet a grace, it seems ignorance will not suffer her to do ill, being her mind is to do well. She bestows her year's wages at next fair; and in choosing her garments, counts no bravery in the world like decency.
Página 254 - Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us?
Página 138 - ... she is never alone, for she is still accompanied with old songs, honest thoughts, and prayers, but short ones ; yet they have their efficacy, in that they are not palled with ensuing idle cogitations. Lastly, her dreams are so chaste, that she dare tell them ; only a Friday's dream is all her superstition — that she conceals for fear of anger. Thus lives she, and all her care is she may die in the spring-time, to have store of flowers stuck upon her winding-sheet.