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Seite 44 - ... wind. Misty clouds forming, or hanging on heights, show wind and rain coming — if they remain, increase, or descend. If they rise or disperse, the weather will improve or become fine.
Seite 14 - The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago by the magnolias of the...
Seite 44 - ... rolled, tufted, or ragged, the stronger the coming wind will prove. Also, a bright yellow sky at sunset presages wind; a pale yellow, wet; and...
Seite 151 - Swellings (particularly those of the Neck), &c. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confinement or change of diet. Sold in boxes, at ]s.
Seite 44 - Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes; hard-edged, oily-looking clouds, wind. A dark, gloomy, blue sky is windy; but a light, bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally the softer clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected; and the harder, more "greasy," rolled, tufted, or ragged, the stronger the coming wind will prove.
Seite 44 - After fine clear weather, the first signs in the sky of a coming change are usually light streaks, curls, wisps, or mottled patches of white distant clouds, which increase and are followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness.
Seite 87 - Act as aforesaid to be the Income arising from the Occupation of such Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or Heritages shall be added to the Amount of the full annual Value thereof, and the aggregate Amount shall be deemed for the Purpose aforesaid to be the Income of such Claimant arising from the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or Heritages of which he shall be the Proprietor and Occupier as aforesaid...
Seite 2 - Peace in the first whole week after the llth of October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June.
Seite 151 - To Singers and Public Speakers they are invaluable, as in a few hours they remove all hoarseness, and wonderfully increase the power and flexibility of the voice.
Seite 44 - High upper clouds crossing the sun, moon, or stars in a direction different from that of the lower clouds, or the wind then felt below, foretell a change of wind.

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