Researches about Atmospheric PhaenomenaHarding, Mavor, and Lepard, 1823 - 448 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 135
... bird is called the Comeback in Norfolk , and regarded as the invoker of Rain . It often continues clamorous throughout the whole of rainy days . + " Numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit , aut illum surgentem vallibus imis Aeriae fugere ...
... bird is called the Comeback in Norfolk , and regarded as the invoker of Rain . It often continues clamorous throughout the whole of rainy days . + " Numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit , aut illum surgentem vallibus imis Aeriae fugere ...
الصفحة 137
... birds of this sort , is indeed well known ; " Corvus aquat " is a proverb cited by Erasmus . * Formicae concursantes aut ova progerentes . - Plin . + Horat . Carm . lib . iii . Od . 17. 1. 13.-Od. 27. 1. 9.— Claudian . xv . 493. - Lucan ...
... birds of this sort , is indeed well known ; " Corvus aquat " is a proverb cited by Erasmus . * Formicae concursantes aut ova progerentes . - Plin . + Horat . Carm . lib . iii . Od . 17. 1. 13.-Od. 27. 1. 9.— Claudian . xv . 493. - Lucan ...
الصفحة 138
... birds flying considerably above the sum- mit of that mountain on which I sat . The hooting and screeching of Owls ... bird , which he calls Kuzzuğ , as foreboding three days ' Rain ; * For numerous collateral passages about this and ...
... birds flying considerably above the sum- mit of that mountain on which I sat . The hooting and screeching of Owls ... bird , which he calls Kuzzuğ , as foreboding three days ' Rain ; * For numerous collateral passages about this and ...
الصفحة 139
... birds return to the land in num- bers there will be no West Wind for a long time ; when , on the contrary , they return to the Ocean , a Zephyr is expected . * Ημος κυκκυξ κοκκύζει δρυος εν πετάλοισι Το προιον , τρεπει τε βροτες επ ...
... birds return to the land in num- bers there will be no West Wind for a long time ; when , on the contrary , they return to the Ocean , a Zephyr is expected . * Ημος κυκκυξ κοκκύζει δρυος εν πετάλοισι Το προιον , τρεπει τε βροτες επ ...
الصفحة 140
... birds they alluded to . I have observed that previous to windy weather Pigs seem very uneasy and run about throwing up their heads and squeak- ing . Magpies before and during Wind fly about in small companies , and make a fluttering ...
... birds they alluded to . I have observed that previous to windy weather Pigs seem very uneasy and run about throwing up their heads and squeak- ing . Magpies before and during Wind fly about in small companies , and make a fluttering ...
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الصفحة 166 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
الصفحة 286 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
الصفحة 307 - 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...
الصفحة 16 - The rising vapours catch the silver light ; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
الصفحة 320 - Nee species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrix ex aliis alias reparat natura figuras : nee perit in toto quicquam, mihi credite, mundo, sed variat faciemque novat, nascique vocatur 255 incipere esse aliud, quam quod fuit ante, morique desinere illud idem, cum sint hue forsitan ilia, haec translata illuc, summa tamen omnia constant.
الصفحة 133 - ... patulis captavit naribus auras, aut arguta lacus circumvolitavit hirundo et veterem in limo ranae cecinere...
الصفحة 311 - Debes Vergilium, finibus Atticis Reddas incolumem precor Et serves animae dimidium meae. Illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat, qui fragilem truci...
الصفحة 168 - If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick and thin ; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block.
الصفحة 148 - When clouds appear like rocks and towers. The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.
الصفحة 256 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled...