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... Planets , or any Fixed Star is faid to be South when they appear to be in the fame Quarter of the Heavens that the Sun is in every Day it Noon , for the Sun is then full South , or on the Meri- dian . To find the Time of the Sun's ...
... Planets , or any Fixed Star is faid to be South when they appear to be in the fame Quarter of the Heavens that the Sun is in every Day it Noon , for the Sun is then full South , or on the Meri- dian . To find the Time of the Sun's ...
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... Planets in a Nativity 4 Retrograde under the Earth , tho the 920 thould . 4 5 Perfon be of Illuftrious Birth , denotes 10 21 breaft 1.1 22 and 223tomach 7 13 Bheart 425 back 8 9 S II 25 bowels 10 16:27 belly 7/28 reirs 18/29 and r930 ...
... Planets in a Nativity 4 Retrograde under the Earth , tho the 920 thould . 4 5 Perfon be of Illuftrious Birth , denotes 10 21 breaft 1.1 22 and 223tomach 7 13 Bheart 425 back 8 9 S II 25 bowels 10 16:27 belly 7/28 reirs 18/29 and r930 ...
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... Planets , or the Lumi- 32 naries . 5 5 6 8 toes 7 9 head 10 face 8 32 27. in 6 , or 8 of the Moon , 943 and in the fame Afpect of the Sun , neck 10 51 from Angles , portends a violent Death , if B throat oA 9they fhall be to pofited in ...
... Planets , or the Lumi- 32 naries . 5 5 6 8 toes 7 9 head 10 face 8 32 27. in 6 , or 8 of the Moon , 943 and in the fame Afpect of the Sun , neck 10 51 from Angles , portends a violent Death , if B throat oA 9they fhall be to pofited in ...
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... Planets fhall 29 denote greater Honour and Fame to the 46 Native than the Superior ; but then it од 53 fhall not be of fo long Continuance . I 50 35. He that is born upon a new or full 43 Moon exactly , lives but a little time , if at ...
... Planets fhall 29 denote greater Honour and Fame to the 46 Native than the Superior ; but then it од 53 fhall not be of fo long Continuance . I 50 35. He that is born upon a new or full 43 Moon exactly , lives but a little time , if at ...
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... Planets in the ninth Houfe . 9 breaft 11 1oftom . theart 12 back I 2 3 3 13 bowels 2 Band 15 belly 16 reins 17 loins 18 fecret 19 and 4 4 7 9 20 memb . 6 Bhips 22 thighs 23 knees 24 and 25 hams 26 legs 27 ancles Bfeet 29 toes 30 head 31 ...
... Planets in the ninth Houfe . 9 breaft 11 1oftom . theart 12 back I 2 3 3 13 bowels 2 Band 15 belly 16 reins 17 loins 18 fecret 19 and 4 4 7 9 20 memb . 6 Bhips 22 thighs 23 knees 24 and 25 hams 26 legs 27 ancles Bfeet 29 toes 30 head 31 ...
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14th Day 15 Days 23d Day 6th Day 9 at night 9 night Afcendant Aftern Afternoon alfo ancles anfwered belly bowels breaft Caufe Day at 9 day at midnight Day increafed Day of Eafter days of St decreaſed defire Dominical Letters Drifes Eaft Earth Eclipfe faft faid fame fecret feen fhall fhew fhould fince Firft Quarter Fomalhaut fome fouth fuch Full Moon George Heart Henry Holy increaſed John June Jupiter King knees Laft Quarter Latitude London Mars rifes memb Mercury midnight minutes Month Moon's Morn Number Obfervations Oppofition paft paſt Perfons Perigeo Planets pleafant prefent Rain reins Saints Days Saturn Seafon South Stars Sun fets Sun rifes Sun's Sund Sunday after Trinity Table Term begins Term ends thefe theſe thighs thofe Trin uſed Venus vifible Wedn Weft Whit-Sunday whofe William Wind
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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.