Researches about Atmospheric PhaenomenaHarding, Mavor, and Lepard, 1823 - 448 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xi
... sign physical causes for most of the popular phaenomena of the heavens ; and , lastly , Seneca , with whose superfluous tautology in his Natural Questions , every one who has read them must have been heartily tired . In the works too of ...
... sign physical causes for most of the popular phaenomena of the heavens ; and , lastly , Seneca , with whose superfluous tautology in his Natural Questions , every one who has read them must have been heartily tired . In the works too of ...
الصفحة 83
... sign of fine weather . On the 11th and 12th I noticed this web so abundant all the way through Kent , by Canterbury and Maidstone , to Hartfield , that the fields were quite white with it . SECTION XVI . Of the Colours exhibited by ...
... sign of fine weather . On the 11th and 12th I noticed this web so abundant all the way through Kent , by Canterbury and Maidstone , to Hartfield , that the fields were quite white with it . SECTION XVI . Of the Colours exhibited by ...
الصفحة 117
... . ii . 208. Theophrastus observed of old : " Οθεν ἄν ασερες διαττωσι πολλοι ανεμον εντυθεν εαν δὲ πανταχοθεν ομοίως , πολλά πνευμαία σημαινουσί . Theoph . de Sign . Vent . it . I may also remark , that if the CHAP . 3 . 117 OF METEORS .
... . ii . 208. Theophrastus observed of old : " Οθεν ἄν ασερες διαττωσι πολλοι ανεμον εντυθεν εαν δὲ πανταχοθεν ομοίως , πολλά πνευμαία σημαινουσί . Theoph . de Sign . Vent . it . I may also remark , that if the CHAP . 3 . 117 OF METEORS .
الصفحة 125
... signs are seen together , the event may be considered as pre- dicted with additional certainty . * Prognosticks * A rule laid down of old and sung by Aratus , who says of Prognosticks , Τῶν μδεν καλοκνησο , καλον δ ' επι σηματι σημα ...
... signs are seen together , the event may be considered as pre- dicted with additional certainty . * Prognosticks * A rule laid down of old and sung by Aratus , who says of Prognosticks , Τῶν μδεν καλοκνησο , καλον δ ' επι σηματι σημα ...
الصفحة 125
... Signs of the Weather in the works of Homer , Hesiod , and among almost all the oriental writings , yet Theophrastus the Grecian natu- ralist , seems to have been the first who culti- vated this branch of meteorological science , and ...
... Signs of the Weather in the works of Homer , Hesiod , and among almost all the oriental writings , yet Theophrastus the Grecian natu- ralist , seems to have been the first who culti- vated this branch of meteorological science , and ...
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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...