 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 pages
...a cold winter ; and the cuckoos, if they come early, shew a hot sumSaer to follow. A serene autuirm denotes a windy winter; a windy winter, a rainy spring...debtor to itself ; nor do the seasons succeed each ether in the same tenor for two years together. Mr. Worlidge remarks, that if at the beginning of the... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 pages
...early, shew a cold winter; and the cuckoos, if they come early, shew a hot summer to follow. A serein', autumn denotes a windy winter ; a windy winter, a...each other in the same tenor for two years together. Mr. Worlidge lumarks, that if at the beginning of the winter the south wind blow, and then the north,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 210 pages
...it' they come early, shew a cold •winter; and the cuckoos, if they come early, shew a hot summer to follow. A serene autumn denotes a windy winter...each Other in the same tenor for two years together. Mr, Worlidge remarks, that if at the beginniiig of the winter the south wind blow, and then the north,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 204 pages
...early, shew a cold winter ; and the cuckoos, if they come early, shew a hot summer to follow. A seieiu; autumn denotes a windy winter ; a windy winter, a...each other in the same tenor for two years together. ning of the winter the south wind blow, and then the north, it is likelv to be a cold winter ; but... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...than usual, rain in summer, frost in winter : a disagreeable Languor is generally felt before Thunder. A serene Autumn denotes a windy Winter ; a windy Winter, a rainy Spring ; a rainy Spring, zfinc Summer ; z.fine Summer, a windy Autumn ; but it is very rarely that the Seasons succeed each... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1814 - 286 pages
...&c. if they come early, shew a cold winter; and the cuckoos, if they come early, show a hot summer to follow, A serene autumn denotes a windy winter; a windy winter a rainy spring ; a rainy spring, a jerene summer ; a serene summer, a windy autumn ; so that the air, on a balance, is seldom debtor to... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...come early, show a cold winter; and the cuckoos, if they come early, show a hot summer to follow. 6. A serene autumn denotes a windy winter; a windy winter,...each other in the same tenor for two years together. Upon this Mr. Worlidge remarks, in addition to the above, that if at the beginning of the winter the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1831 - 478 pages
...is a forerunner of small hail, like comfits, in winter, snow. 56. A fair and clear autumn presages a windy winter ; a windy winter, a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a clear summer ; a clear summer, a windy autumn. So that the year (as the proverb goes) is seldom its... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1831 - 486 pages
...is a forerunner of small hail, like comfits, in winter, snow. 56. A fair and clear autumn presages a windy winter; a windy winter, a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a clear summer ; a clear summer, a windy autumn. So that the year (as the proverb goes) is seldom its... | |
 | Patrick Murphy - 1836 - 308 pages
...Connexion toith the Changes of the Seasons and Weather. " A serene autumn," observes Lord Bacon, " denotes a windy winter"; a windy winter, a rainy spring;...other in the same tenor, for two years together." The view of the seasons and weather here taken, equally as the line traced out for conducting inquiries... | |
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A serene autumn denotes a windy winter; a windy winter, a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a serene summer; a serene summer, a windy autumn; so that the air, on a balance, is seldom debtor to itself; nor do the seasons succeed each other in the same tenor... 
