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WHITE . His Diaries were kept with unremitting diligence ; and in his annual
migrations to Oriel College , and other places , his man Thomas , who seems to
have been well qualified for the office , recorded the weather journal . The state of
the ...
WHITE . His Diaries were kept with unremitting diligence ; and in his annual
migrations to Oriel College , and other places , his man Thomas , who seems to
have been well qualified for the office , recorded the weather journal . The state of
the ...
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ON THE DARK , STILL , DRY , WARM WEATHER OCCASIONALLY HAPPENING
IN THE WINTER WONTHS . TH ' imprison'd winds slumber within their caves ,
Fast bound : the fickle vane , emblem of change , Wavers no more , long settling ...
ON THE DARK , STILL , DRY , WARM WEATHER OCCASIONALLY HAPPENING
IN THE WINTER WONTHS . TH ' imprison'd winds slumber within their caves ,
Fast bound : the fickle vane , emblem of change , Wavers no more , long settling ...
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... loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes , * and runs , by the intense
heat , and over the whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass ,
that it is well preserved from injuries of weather , and endures thirty or forty years .
... loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes , * and runs , by the intense
heat , and over the whole face of the kiln with a strong vitrified coat like glass ,
that it is well preserved from injuries of weather , and endures thirty or forty years .
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Dr. Hales saith , “ That the warmth of the earth , at some depth under ground , has
an influence in promoting a thaw , as well as the change of the weather from a
freezing to a thawing , state , is manifest , from this observation , viz . , Nov.
Dr. Hales saith , “ That the warmth of the earth , at some depth under ground , has
an influence in promoting a thaw , as well as the change of the weather from a
freezing to a thawing , state , is manifest , from this observation , viz . , Nov.
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I think there is no doubt of it ; for in April , in the first fine weather , they come
trooping all at once in these parts , but are never seen in the winter . They are
delicate songsters . Numbers of snipes * breed every summer in some moory
ground on ...
I think there is no doubt of it ; for in April , in the first fine weather , they come
trooping all at once in these parts , but are never seen in the winter . They are
delicate songsters . Numbers of snipes * breed every summer in some moory
ground on ...
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