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... Names . to Reign Reign'd . 6 Alfred 7 Edward I. 18 Athelftan 9 Edmund I. 10 Eldred Egbert 2 Ethelwolf 3 Ethelbald -4 Ethelbert 5 Ethelred I. Began Kings Names . .to Reign 1216 56 1272 35 1397 49 1327 50 1377 22 81918 28 Henry III . 837 ...
... Names . to Reign Reign'd . 6 Alfred 7 Edward I. 18 Athelftan 9 Edmund I. 10 Eldred Egbert 2 Ethelwolf 3 Ethelbald -4 Ethelbert 5 Ethelred I. Began Kings Names . .to Reign 1216 56 1272 35 1397 49 1327 50 1377 22 81918 28 Henry III . 837 ...
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... Names of the Stars 53 Aldebaran , or Bull's Eye Rife . South . Sets . H. M.H. MH . M. 1 a 34 a 48 ob 0 34 33 129 Left Foot of Orion . 4 31 I 31 236 Middle in Orion's Belt 4 13 1 510. 35 145 Right Shoulder of Orion 3 23 2 8 8 121 Sirius ...
... Names of the Stars 53 Aldebaran , or Bull's Eye Rife . South . Sets . H. M.H. MH . M. 1 a 34 a 48 ob 0 34 33 129 Left Foot of Orion . 4 31 I 31 236 Middle in Orion's Belt 4 13 1 510. 35 145 Right Shoulder of Orion 3 23 2 8 8 121 Sirius ...
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... name from its motion , we will firft begin with the motions of the Planets , and in " what order , form , and manner they move . The Sun is the center of our fyftem , about which the Planets all revolve in different diftances : 1 ...
... name from its motion , we will firft begin with the motions of the Planets , and in " what order , form , and manner they move . The Sun is the center of our fyftem , about which the Planets all revolve in different diftances : 1 ...
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... Names to Mr. JOHN GREGORY , Printer , in Leicester : As no Sub- fcription Money will be required , before a proper Judgment can be formed . N.B. Lands furvey'd , divided , and inclofed ; and Maps of the fame correctly delineated ; alfo ...
... Names to Mr. JOHN GREGORY , Printer , in Leicester : As no Sub- fcription Money will be required , before a proper Judgment can be formed . N.B. Lands furvey'd , divided , and inclofed ; and Maps of the fame correctly delineated ; alfo ...
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... Name : He tells us likewife , that he was Queen both of Egypt and Ethiopia , and the Ethiopians indeed have a ... Names and Succeffors . The more probable Opinion there- fore is ; that this Queen of Sheba came from a Country fo named ...
... Name : He tells us likewife , that he was Queen both of Egypt and Ethiopia , and the Ethiopians indeed have a ... Names and Succeffors . The more probable Opinion there- fore is ; that this Queen of Sheba came from a Country fo named ...
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Page 5 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 5 - 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 13 - ... prodigies and predictions. For as it is the chief concern of wise men to retrench the evils of life by the reasonings of philosophy, it is the employment of fools to multiply them by the sentiments of superstition.
Page 5 - The golden zones of heaven; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time, and space, and fate's unbroken chain, And will's quick impulse; others by the hand She led o'er vales and mountains, to explore What healing virtue swells the tender veins Of herbs and flowers...
Page 17 - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Ed-ward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV...
Page 13 - Sibyls, that fore- bodes and prophefies from one end of the year to the other. She is always feeing apparitions and hearing death-watches ; and was the other day almoft frighted out of her wits by the great houfe-dog, that howled ia the liable at a time when me lay ill of the tooth-ach.
Page 14 - Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.