Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the AlmanackSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1831 - Almanacs, English |
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... blue sky gleams the star which lighted up our bow'r . Ay - thou mayst wander where thou wilt , -upon the restless sea ; But as the sweet waves kiss thy bark thou still shall think of me ; - And when in summer lands thine eyes behold our ...
... blue sky gleams the star which lighted up our bow'r . Ay - thou mayst wander where thou wilt , -upon the restless sea ; But as the sweet waves kiss thy bark thou still shall think of me ; - And when in summer lands thine eyes behold our ...
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... blue , And refresh the pale and withering cheeks their liquid drops bedew ; And there are tears that call up buried memories from afar ; And such , oh ! such are mine now thou art gone - my Chatelar ! G. R. Carter . 13. QUINQUAGESIMA ...
... blue , And refresh the pale and withering cheeks their liquid drops bedew ; And there are tears that call up buried memories from afar ; And such , oh ! such are mine now thou art gone - my Chatelar ! G. R. Carter . 13. QUINQUAGESIMA ...
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... blue waters of the Nile , * The oldest of historians record a very beautiful custom common among the damsels of Egypt . They would go out at night - fall to the damp banks of the Nile to watch their little floating lamps as they glided ...
... blue waters of the Nile , * The oldest of historians record a very beautiful custom common among the damsels of Egypt . They would go out at night - fall to the damp banks of the Nile to watch their little floating lamps as they glided ...
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... blue air . The bright , the noble have graced those halls ; The brave with laurel - crowns wreathed the walls : They are met once more by that mingled sound Of music and revelry floating around ; I hear through each portal one chorus ...
... blue air . The bright , the noble have graced those halls ; The brave with laurel - crowns wreathed the walls : They are met once more by that mingled sound Of music and revelry floating around ; I hear through each portal one chorus ...
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One tint was of the sunbeams ' dyes ; One the blue depths of Seraph's eyes ; One the pure Spirit's veil of white Had robed in radiance of its light : The three so mingled did beseem The texture of a heavenly dream . Byron . These three ...
One tint was of the sunbeams ' dyes ; One the blue depths of Seraph's eyes ; One the pure Spirit's veil of white Had robed in radiance of its light : The three so mingled did beseem The texture of a heavenly dream . Byron . These three ...
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ÆTAT afternoon afterwards Aldebaran aphelion appears April Argo Navis Asteroids atmosphere axis beautiful birds Bishop blue born bright called Canis Minor Capricornus Ceres Cetus Christian Christmas church clouds comet conjunction custom dark death degree died difference of latitude disc double star Duke early earth eclipse Emperor England festival Fixed Stars flowers France glory green hath heart heavens honor inferior conjunction Juno Jupiter King light limb Lord lunar magnitude Mars meridian month moon morning motion nature nebula night North declination o'er observed occultation orbit period Phases of Venus Pisces planet Quarter Queen remarkable Right ascension rising Rome round Sagittarius Saint satellite Saturn Saxon says season seen Shrove Tuesday solar spot summer sun's Sunday sweet Taurus Telescopic Objects thee thou throne Trans Transits and Meridional Uranus Ursa Major Valentine Virgin Virgo visible Zodiac
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Page 87 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 196 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 165 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Page 195 - Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant...
Page 210 - Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...
Page 75 - Rules to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Page 45 - We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them into water ; and the first that rose up was to be our valentine. Would you think it ? — Mr Blossom was my man. I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world.
Page 252 - Between two worlds life hovers like a star, 'Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge. How little do we know that which we are ! How less what we may be...
Page 164 - This day is call'd the feast of Crispian : He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
Page 165 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.