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... Pages for certain Days of the Month , and if against the Day propofed , you find not your Defire , then make Pro portion , and the Truth will appear . Hilary Term Begins Jan. 23. Ends Feb. 12 . Returns To find the Time of the Moon's Rifing.
... Pages for certain Days of the Month , and if against the Day propofed , you find not your Defire , then make Pro portion , and the Truth will appear . Hilary Term Begins Jan. 23. Ends Feb. 12 . Returns To find the Time of the Moon's Rifing.
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... against it is the Interest for a Week , a Month , 3 Months , 6 Months , a Year : So the Intereft of 30. for a Week is 7 Pence half - penny , for a Month 2s . 6d . for 3 Months 7s . 6d . for 6 Months 1-53 . for a Year 17. 105 . OO Tens ...
... against it is the Interest for a Week , a Month , 3 Months , 6 Months , a Year : So the Intereft of 30. for a Week is 7 Pence half - penny , for a Month 2s . 6d . for 3 Months 7s . 6d . for 6 Months 1-53 . for a Year 17. 105 . OO Tens ...
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... against the Day of the Month propos'd , and obferve the Title above , if Add . or Sub . for according to the Title you must apply the faid Minutes to the Apparent Time , and the Sum or Difference will be the exact Equal Time required ...
... against the Day of the Month propos'd , and obferve the Title above , if Add . or Sub . for according to the Title you must apply the faid Minutes to the Apparent Time , and the Sum or Difference will be the exact Equal Time required ...
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... against Spain . A fevere Froft from Dec. 25 , to Feb. 27 . War declared against France The Rebellion in Scotland defeated The Peace figned , October 7 . Frederick Prince of Wales died March 21 , Date and Calendar altered King George II ...
... against Spain . A fevere Froft from Dec. 25 , to Feb. 27 . War declared against France The Rebellion in Scotland defeated The Peace figned , October 7 . Frederick Prince of Wales died March 21 , Date and Calendar altered King George II ...
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... againft 1000 2 14 9 2,14 5 Rate p.Cent . 1825100 Product 36500 multiply hy And against 800 20 2 is 3 10 0,11 10,60 O I O O 3 1,15 Anf . 5 O O 0,00 Part of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Smith , A Compendious TABLE of INTEREST ,
... againft 1000 2 14 9 2,14 5 Rate p.Cent . 1825100 Product 36500 multiply hy And against 800 20 2 is 3 10 0,11 10,60 O I O O 3 1,15 Anf . 5 O O 0,00 Part of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Smith , A Compendious TABLE of INTEREST ,
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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.