Merlinus liberatus: being an almanack. Merlinus liberatus, Volume 61690 - 1733 pages |
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16th Day 1st Day Aftern Afternoon aphelio April Aspects and Weather Battle brother Clock Lunar Aspects D& sets South DD Remark died earth eclipse EDMUND Ironside EDWARD EDWARD III emersion ends Ethelbald F Sun rises F Sun sets Friday Full Moon George GEORGE II Henry HENRY III High Water India House India Stock ingress January July June Jupiter Last Quar latitude long long longitude March meridian Monday month Moon Clock Lunar Moon's Age Mrises Moon Clock MW Sundays OBSERVATIONS occultation October planet quarter rain Richard III rises morn Saturn sets 11 sets South aft South Sea star stationary Sun east Sun rises 7h Sun sets 6h Sundays and DD Sundays and long taken telescope TERM begins TH Sun sets Thursday Trin Trinity Sunday Tuesday Venus visible Wednesday William ΙΔ
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Page 41 - ... and satellites, and eclipsed by them : the most distant of the rings also turning upon its axis, and the same taking place with the farthest of the satellites : all the parts of the system of Saturn occasionally reflecting light to each other: the rings and moons illuminating the nights of the Saturnian : the globe and...
Page 38 - ... the sun. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and...
Page 19 - January 1831, may be made returnable on the third day exclusive before the commencement of each term, or on any day (not being Sunday) between that day and the third day exclusive before the last day of the term ; and the day for appearance shall, as heretofore, be the third day after such return, exclusive of the day of return ; or, in case such third day shall fail on a Sunday, then on the fourth day after such return, exclusive of such day of return.
Page 37 - Powers of Attorney for the Sale or Transfer of Stock must be deposited at the Bank, &c. for examination, one day before they can be acted upon; if for receiving Dividends, it is sufficient to present them at the time the first Dividend becomes payable. The expense of a Power of Attorney is \l.
Page 29 - Bank, &c., for examination, one day before they can be acted upon ; if for receiving dividends, they may be presented at the time the first dividend is payable. Probates of wills, letters of administration, and other proofs of decease, must be left at the Bank, &c., for registration, for two or three days, exclusive of holidays.
Page 12 - Reason but shows a weak physician's skill; Gives nothing, while the raging fit does last. But stays to cure it, when the worst is past. Reason's a staff for age, when nature's gone; But youth is strong enough to walk alone.
Page 18 - Love yet shall watch my fading eye, And smooth the path of my decay. Then haste thee, Time — 'tis kindness all That speeds thy winged feet so fast : Thy pleasures stay not till they pall, And all thy pains are quickly past. Thou fliest and bear'st away our woes, And as thy shadowy train depart, The memory of sorrow grows A lighter burden on the heart.
Page 27 - Day. — The Exchequer opens eight days before any term begins, except Trinity, before which it opens but four days.
Page 41 - There is not, perhaps," said this great and sound astronomer, " another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn ; a magnificent globe encompassed by a stupendous double ring ; attended by seven satellites; ornamented with equatorial belts; compressed at the poles ; turning on its axis ; mutually eclipsing its rings and satellites, and eclipsed by them ; the most distant of the rings also turning on its axis, and the same taking place...
Page 19 - Lord 1831, may be made returnable on the Third day exclusive before the commencement of each Term, or on any day, not being Sunday, between that day and the third day exclusive before the last day of the Term ; and the day for Appearance shall, as heretofore, be the...