Collection of English Almanacs for the Years 1702-18351798 |
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Afcendant Afpects and Weather aftern afternoon alfo Alphege anfwered angle April April 22 bafe becauſe circle Clock cold Comet confequently Day breaks Decl declin defcribe Dominical Letter Drifes Eaft Eafter Day Eclipfe ENIGMA ev'ry F St fair fame feen fegments fhall Fidelio fides fince fing firft fome fouth fquare ftar ftill fuch Full Moon fure Helioc Henry Hilary Term Holy interfection John June June 27 Jupiter King Laft Quarter latitude latitude latitude London Longit longitude Mars minutes paft moft Moon's muft night noon Number o'clock Obfervations pafs paſt perihelion perp Planets pofition rain reafon rifes fets Saturn Sextile South Star Sun enters Sun fets Sun rifes Sun's Sunday after Trinity Term begins Term ends thefe theſe thofe triangle Trin Venus Wedn Whit Sunday whofe winds ΙΟ
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Page 40 - Day. — The Exchequer opens eight days before any term begins, except Trinity, before which it opens but four days.
Page 3 - The active powers of man, with wise intent The hand of Nature on peculiar minds 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 24 - I'm older still for I was there And before Adam did appear With Eve in Paradise. For I was Adam, Adam I, And I was Eve and Eve was I, In spite of wind and weather.
Page 37 - EPHEMERIS For the YEAR of our LORD 1798. Being the Second after BISSEXTILE, or LEAP-YEAR. Wherein are contained The Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Places of the Planets, the ECLIPSES of the Luminaries, and other remarkable PHIMOu IMA that will happen this Year.
Page 37 - SEASONS, For the Year of our LORD 1798 ; BEING THE SECOND AFTER BISSEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR. Wherein you will find all Things neceflary for fuch a Work ; Sun and Moon's...
Page 7 - Tis vanish'd with conveyance neat, And on the table smokes a treat. She shakes the dice, the board she knocks, And from all pockets fills her box. ; She next a meagre rake addrest : This picture see; her shape, her breast! What youth, and what inviting eyes ! Hold her, and have her.
Page 39 - On the Morrow of the Holy Trinity In eight Days of the Holy Trinity In fifteen Days of the Holy Trinity From the Day -ofHolyTrin.
Page 37 - Planet», &c. Adapted to the Meridian and Latitude of the Royal Obfervatory of GREENWICH. To which are added Several ufeful TABLES : As, a TABLE of the Sun's femi-diurnal Arcs, by which the Times of the Sun's...
Page 24 - In spite of wind or weather: But mark me— Adam was not I, Neither was Mrs. Adam I, Unless they were together. Suppose then Eve and Adam talking — With all my heart, but were they walking, There ends all simile: For tho...
Page 24 - I've tongue, and often talk, And though I've legs,. yet, when I walk,. It puts an end to me. Not such an end but that I've breath,. Therefore to such a kind of death I make but...