PoorRichardimproved:BEING ANALMANACKANDEPHEMERISOF THEMotionsof the SUN and MOON;THE TRUEPlacesandAspectsof thePlanets;THERISINGandSETTINGof theSUN;AND THERising, SettingandSouthingof theMoon,FOR THEYearof ourLORD1753:Being the First afterLeap-Year.Containing also,The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, chronological Observations, and entertaining Remarks.Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near fire Hours West fromLondon; but may, without sensible Error, serve all theNorthern Colonies.ByRICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom.PHILADELPHIA:Printed and Sold byB. Franklin, andD. Hall.The Anatomy of Man's Body as govern'd by theTwelve Constellations.♈ The Head and Face.♊Arms♉Neck♌Heart♋Breast♎Reins♍Bowels♐Thighs♏Secrets♒Legs♑Knees♓ The Feet.To know where the Sign is.FirstFind the Day of the Month, and against the Day you have the Sign or Place of the Moon in the 5th Column. Then finding the Sign here, it shews the Part of the Body it governs.The Names and Characters of the Seven Planets.☉ Sol,♄ Saturn,♃ Jupiter,♂ Mars,♀ Venus,☿ Mercury,☽ Luna,☊ Dragons Head and ☋ Tail.The Five Aspects.☌ Conjunction,☍ Opposition,✱ Sextile,△ Trine,□ Quartile.Common Notes for the Year 1753. N. S.Golden Number6right bracketleft bracketDominical LetterGEpact25Cycle of the Sun26Courteous Reader,Thisis the twentieth Time of my addressing thee in this Manner, and I have reason to flatter myself my Labours have not been unacceptable to the Publick. I am particularly pleas'd to understand that myPredictions of the Weathergive such general Satisfaction; and indeed, such Care is taken in the Calculations, on which those Predictions are founded, that I could almost venture to say, there's not a single One of them, promisingSnow,Rain,Hail,Heat,Frost,Fogs,Wind, orThunder, but what comes to passpunctuallyandpreciselyon the very Day, in some Place or other on this littlediminutiveGlobe of ours; (and when you consider the vast Distance of the Stars from whence we take our Aim, you must allow it no small Degree of Exactness to hit any Part of it) I say on this Globe; for tho' in other Matters I confine the Usefulness of myEphemeristo theNorthern Colonies, yet in that important Matter of the Weather, which is of suchgeneral Concern, I would have it more extensively useful, and therefore take in both Hemispheres, and all Latitudes fromHudson's BaytoCape Horn.You will find this Almanack in my former Method, only conformable to theNew-Stileestablished by the Act of Parliament, which I gave you in my last at length; the new Act since made for Amendment of that first Act, not affecting us in the least, being intended only to regulate some Corporation Matters inEngland, before unprovided for. I have only added a Column in the second Page of each Month, containing the Days of theOld Stileopposite to their corresponding Days in theNew, which may, in many Cases, be of Use; and so conclude (believing you will excuse a short Preface, when it is to make Room for something better)Thy Friend and Servant,R. SAUNDERS.HYMNto theCreator,fromPsalm CIV.Awake, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly LightHimself conceals from all created Sight.Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the WindWhom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;FromFrom her appointed Sphere forbid to fly,Or rush unbalanc'd thro' the trackless Sky.To reas'ning Man the sov'reign Rule assign'd,His Delegate o'er each inferior Kind;Too soon to fall from that distinguish'd Place,His Honours stain'd with Guilt and foul Disgrace.He saw the Pride of Earth's aspiring Lord,And in his Fury gave the dreadful Word:Straight o'er her peopled Plains his Floods were pour'd,And o'er the Mountains the proud Billows roar'd.Athwart the Face of Earth the Deluge sweeps,And whelms the impious Nations in the Deeps:Again God spake——and at his pow'rful CallThe raging Floods asswage, the Waters fall,The Tempests hear his Voice, and straight obey,And at his Thunder's Roar they haste away:From off the lofty Mountains they subside,And gently thro' the winding Vallies glide,Till in the spacious Caverns of the DeepThey sink together, and in Silence sleep.There he hath stretch'd abroad their liquid Plains,And there Omnipotence their Rage restrains,That Earth no more her Ruins may deplore,And guilty Mortals dread their Wrath no more.He bids the living Fountains burst the Ground,And bounteous spread their Silver Streams around:Down from the Hills they draw their shining Train,Diffusing Health and Beauty o'er the Plain.There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage,And panting Savages their Flame asswage.On their sweet winding Banks th' aerial RaceIn artless Numbers warble forth his Praise,Or chant the harmless Raptures of their Loves,And cheer the Plains, and wake the vocal Groves.Forth from his Treasures in the Skies he poursHis precious Blessings in refreshing Show'rs.Each dying Plant with Joy new Life receives,And thankful Nature smiles, and Earth revives.The fruitful Fields with Verdure he bespreads,The Table of the Race that haunts the Meads,And bids each Forest, and each flow'ry PlainSend forth their native Physic for the Swain.ThusThus doth the various Bounty of the EarthSupport each Species crowding into Birth.In purple Streams she bids her Vintage flow,And Olives on her Hills luxuriant grow,One with its generous Juice to cheer the Heart,And one illustrious Beauty to impart;And Bread of all Heav'n's precious Gifts the chiefFrom desolating Want the sure Relief.Which with new Life the feeble Limbs inspires,And all the Man with Health and Courage fires.The Cloud-topt Hills with waving Woods are crown'd,Which wide extend their sacred Shades around,ThereLebanon's proud Cedars nod their Heads;ThereBashan's lofty Oaks extend their Shades:The pointed Firs rise tow'ring to the Clouds,And Life and warbling Numbers fill the Woods.Nor gentle Shades alone, nor verdant Plains,Nor fair enamell'd Meads, nor flow'ry Lawns,But e'en rude Rocks and dreary Desarts yieldRetreats for the wild Wand'rers of the Field.Thy Pow'r with Life and Sense all Nature fills,Each Element with varied Being swells,Race after Race arising view the Light,Then silent pass away, and sink in Night.The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd,Proclaims th' exhaustless Hand, the Hand of God.Nor less thy Glory in the etherial Spheres,Nor less thy ruling Providence appears.There from on high the gentle Moon by NightIn solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light,And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams,Thence copious spreads around his quick'ning Streams.Each various Orb enjoys the golden Day,And Worlds of Life hang on his chearful Ray.Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain,And still the kind Vicissitudes remain:For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads,And wraps all Nature in her awful Shades,Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye,Stretch'd at their Ease the weary Lab'rers lie.The restless Soul 'midst Life's vain Tumults tost,Forgets her Woes, and ev'ry Care is lost.ThenJANUARY.I Month.Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.BeforeRemark. days, &c.☉ ri.☉ set☽ pl.Aspects, &c.12Circumcision.724436♐11☽ with ♂23Clouds and72443623☽ with ♄34cold, with723437♑5♃ rise 4 2345snow;72343717Tis against56Days inc. 4 m.72343729☽ with ☿some67Epiphany.722438♒10♂ rise 4 447G1 p. Epiph.72243822☽ w. ♀Mens82wind and721439♓4Principle to pay93falling72143916Interest, and104Days inc. 10 m.72044028seems against115weather,719441♈10♃ s. 11 6others126then71844223♄ rise 5 42137very cold,717443♉6Sirius so. 10 5214G2 p. Epiph.71644419✱ ♄ ♀Interest152Day incr. 18 m.716444♊27 *s so. 7 42163wintry71544516♃ so. 10 39174weather;714446♋0♂ rise 4 36185but grows more71344715☽ with ♃to196Day 9 36 long.712448♌1☉ in ♒pay207moderate,71244817△ ♃ ♀the21G3 p. Epiph.711449♍3Principal.222followed by71045018♀ sets 8 2233clouds, wind79451♎2Philosophy as244and7845215well as Foppery255Conv. St.Paul.7745328✱ ♂ ☿often266Day incr. 38 m.76454♏11changes Fashion.277cold, with7545524♄ rise 4 4828G4 p. Epiph.74456♐77 *s sou. 6 47292snow or7345719Sirius sou. 9 44303K. Char. behead.72458♑1☽ with ♄ & ♂314rain.7145913☽ with ☿JanuaryhathXXXIDays.D.H.Planets Places.New ☽48 mor.D.☉♄♃♂♀☿☽sL.First Q.12at noon.♑♐♋♐♒♑Full ●1910 mor.112291171526N.2Last Q.264 mor.617301011212451223♑ 091529192bracket left12♏12 Deg.17281819♓ 514S.4☊221122♒ 3182211134311027827261715N.1January Woodcut IllustrationD.☽ rise☽ sou:T.O Sl td ile.TheGreatness of that Power, which has been exerted in the Creation, though every Object in Nature shews it, will best appear by considering a little theGREATWorks, properly so called, of Nature; the Sun, and Planets, and the fixed Stars. The Sun and Moon, the most conspicuous to us of all the celestial Bodies, are the only ones mentioned in the sacred Text: But the Invention of that noblest of Instruments the Telescope, and the Sagacity of the Astronomers of later Ages, whose Observations have improved and corrected those of the foregoing, afford us a very different Idea of the Solar System, from what the single Consideration of those two most conspicuous Bodies gives us. As this may probably fall into the Hands of some, who have not Leisure or Opportunities of reading Books of Astronomy, the following brief View of our System, and of the Immensity of the Creation, according to the Theory of the Moderns, may not be unacceptable.It is proper, in the first Place, just to mention, That the real Magnitudes, Distances, Orbits, and other Affections of the Bodies of our System are determined by what Astronomers call their Parallaxes, and by their Elongations from the Sun, and their apparent Magnitudes, and other analogical Methods, which would take up by far too much Time to explain here; by which it is possible to determine14399 M41122533103013Moon111924sets.1263245A.A.5332567013642678021852788543062899503436291010474277301111465108311212505558Jan.13M.5064491415173410315252828114163569231251745710221618Moon11212719rises12253820A.Morn.3921756130410229112265112310183166122411194571325122245471426M22543815271176349162822172610172931681411183043931219314449511220(deter-)minetheirFEBRUARY.II Month.Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;He looks upon the World—and all is Light.Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary WasteAffrighted to their Holds return in Haste,To Man give up the World, his native Reign,Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.How various are thy Works, Creator wise!How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!WhereRemark. days, &c.☉ ris☉ set☽ pl.Aspects, &c.15Days 10 h. long.7050♑25♃ sou. 9 2826PurificationV. M.65951♒7♂ rise 4 2037Clouds6585219Setting too good4G5 p. Epiph.65654♓1an Example52and wind,6555513☿ rise 5 3463with6545625☌ ☽ ♀ ☌ ♄ ♂74falling65357♈7♀ sets 8 2is a85Days incr. 1 66525820Kind of Slander96weather,65159♉3seldom forgiven;107then fair65051016'tisScandalum11G6 p. Epiph.64851229Magnatum.122and cold;647513♊13□ ♃ ♀A great133changeable64651427♄ rise 3 49144Valentine.645515♋12☽ W. ♃Talker155Days inc. 1 2264351727□ ♂ ♀may be166and like for642518♌127 *s sets 1 0177rain, or snow,64151927♃ sou. 8 2118GSeptuagesima.640520♏12☉ in ♓no Fool,192then follows63852226Sirius sou. 8 21203Day 10 46 long.637523♎10♂ rise 4 5214clear and cold63652424♀ sets 9 0225weather; but635525♏8✱ ☉ ♄but he236soon changes to63352721is one that247St. Matthias.632528♐3△ ☉ ♃relies25GSexagesima.63152915on him.262snow63053027♄ rises 3 0273or cold rain.628532♑9☽ with ♄284Day inc. 1 56 m.62753321☽ with ♂
PoorRichardimproved:BEING ANALMANACKANDEPHEMERISOF THEMotionsof the SUN and MOON;THE TRUEPlacesandAspectsof thePlanets;THERISINGandSETTINGof theSUN;AND THERising, SettingandSouthingof theMoon,FOR THEYearof ourLORD1753:Being the First afterLeap-Year.Containing also,The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, chronological Observations, and entertaining Remarks.Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near fire Hours West fromLondon; but may, without sensible Error, serve all theNorthern Colonies.ByRICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom.PHILADELPHIA:Printed and Sold byB. Franklin, andD. Hall.
PoorRichardimproved:
BEING ANALMANACKANDEPHEMERISOF THEMotionsof the SUN and MOON;THE TRUEPlacesandAspectsof thePlanets;THERISINGandSETTINGof theSUN;AND THERising, SettingandSouthingof theMoon,FOR THEYearof ourLORD1753:Being the First afterLeap-Year.
Containing also,
The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, chronological Observations, and entertaining Remarks.
Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near fire Hours West fromLondon; but may, without sensible Error, serve all theNorthern Colonies.
ByRICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom.
PHILADELPHIA:Printed and Sold byB. Franklin, andD. Hall.
The Anatomy of Man's Body as govern'd by theTwelve Constellations.♈ The Head and Face.♊Arms♉Neck♌Heart♋Breast♎Reins♍Bowels♐Thighs♏Secrets♒Legs♑Knees♓ The Feet.To know where the Sign is.FirstFind the Day of the Month, and against the Day you have the Sign or Place of the Moon in the 5th Column. Then finding the Sign here, it shews the Part of the Body it governs.The Names and Characters of the Seven Planets.☉ Sol,♄ Saturn,♃ Jupiter,♂ Mars,♀ Venus,☿ Mercury,☽ Luna,☊ Dragons Head and ☋ Tail.The Five Aspects.☌ Conjunction,☍ Opposition,✱ Sextile,△ Trine,□ Quartile.Common Notes for the Year 1753. N. S.Golden Number6right bracketleft bracketDominical LetterGEpact25Cycle of the Sun26
The Anatomy of Man's Body as govern'd by theTwelve Constellations.
♈ The Head and Face.♊Arms♉Neck♌Heart♋Breast♎Reins♍Bowels♐Thighs♏Secrets♒Legs♑Knees♓ The Feet.
To know where the Sign is.
FirstFind the Day of the Month, and against the Day you have the Sign or Place of the Moon in the 5th Column. Then finding the Sign here, it shews the Part of the Body it governs.
The Names and Characters of the Seven Planets.
☉ Sol,♄ Saturn,♃ Jupiter,♂ Mars,♀ Venus,☿ Mercury,☽ Luna,☊ Dragons Head and ☋ Tail.
The Five Aspects.☌ Conjunction,☍ Opposition,✱ Sextile,△ Trine,□ Quartile.
Common Notes for the Year 1753. N. S.Golden Number6right bracketleft bracketDominical LetterGEpact25Cycle of the Sun26
Courteous Reader,Thisis the twentieth Time of my addressing thee in this Manner, and I have reason to flatter myself my Labours have not been unacceptable to the Publick. I am particularly pleas'd to understand that myPredictions of the Weathergive such general Satisfaction; and indeed, such Care is taken in the Calculations, on which those Predictions are founded, that I could almost venture to say, there's not a single One of them, promisingSnow,Rain,Hail,Heat,Frost,Fogs,Wind, orThunder, but what comes to passpunctuallyandpreciselyon the very Day, in some Place or other on this littlediminutiveGlobe of ours; (and when you consider the vast Distance of the Stars from whence we take our Aim, you must allow it no small Degree of Exactness to hit any Part of it) I say on this Globe; for tho' in other Matters I confine the Usefulness of myEphemeristo theNorthern Colonies, yet in that important Matter of the Weather, which is of suchgeneral Concern, I would have it more extensively useful, and therefore take in both Hemispheres, and all Latitudes fromHudson's BaytoCape Horn.You will find this Almanack in my former Method, only conformable to theNew-Stileestablished by the Act of Parliament, which I gave you in my last at length; the new Act since made for Amendment of that first Act, not affecting us in the least, being intended only to regulate some Corporation Matters inEngland, before unprovided for. I have only added a Column in the second Page of each Month, containing the Days of theOld Stileopposite to their corresponding Days in theNew, which may, in many Cases, be of Use; and so conclude (believing you will excuse a short Preface, when it is to make Room for something better)Thy Friend and Servant,R. SAUNDERS.HYMNto theCreator,fromPsalm CIV.Awake, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly LightHimself conceals from all created Sight.Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the WindWhom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;From
Courteous Reader,
Thisis the twentieth Time of my addressing thee in this Manner, and I have reason to flatter myself my Labours have not been unacceptable to the Publick. I am particularly pleas'd to understand that myPredictions of the Weathergive such general Satisfaction; and indeed, such Care is taken in the Calculations, on which those Predictions are founded, that I could almost venture to say, there's not a single One of them, promisingSnow,Rain,Hail,Heat,Frost,Fogs,Wind, orThunder, but what comes to passpunctuallyandpreciselyon the very Day, in some Place or other on this littlediminutiveGlobe of ours; (and when you consider the vast Distance of the Stars from whence we take our Aim, you must allow it no small Degree of Exactness to hit any Part of it) I say on this Globe; for tho' in other Matters I confine the Usefulness of myEphemeristo theNorthern Colonies, yet in that important Matter of the Weather, which is of suchgeneral Concern, I would have it more extensively useful, and therefore take in both Hemispheres, and all Latitudes fromHudson's BaytoCape Horn.
You will find this Almanack in my former Method, only conformable to theNew-Stileestablished by the Act of Parliament, which I gave you in my last at length; the new Act since made for Amendment of that first Act, not affecting us in the least, being intended only to regulate some Corporation Matters inEngland, before unprovided for. I have only added a Column in the second Page of each Month, containing the Days of theOld Stileopposite to their corresponding Days in theNew, which may, in many Cases, be of Use; and so conclude (believing you will excuse a short Preface, when it is to make Room for something better)
Thy Friend and Servant,R. SAUNDERS.
HYMNto theCreator,fromPsalm CIV.
Awake, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly LightHimself conceals from all created Sight.Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the WindWhom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;From
Awake, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly LightHimself conceals from all created Sight.Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the WindWhom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;From
Awake, my Soul! with Joy thy God adore;Declare his Greatness; celebrate his Pow'r;Who, cloath'd with Honour, and with Glory crown'd,Shines forth, and cheers his Universe around.Who with a radiant Veil of heavenly LightHimself conceals from all created Sight.Who rais'd the spacious Firmament on high,And spread the azure Curtain of the Sky.Whose awful Throne Heav'n's starry Arch sustains,Whose Presence not Heav'n's vast Expanse restrains.Whose Ways unsearchable no Eye can find,The Clouds his Chariot, and his Wings the WindWhom Hosts of mighty Angels own their Lord,And flaming Seraphim fulfil his Word.Whose Pow'r of old the solid Earth did found,Self-pois'd, self-center'd, and with Strength girt round;From
From her appointed Sphere forbid to fly,Or rush unbalanc'd thro' the trackless Sky.To reas'ning Man the sov'reign Rule assign'd,His Delegate o'er each inferior Kind;Too soon to fall from that distinguish'd Place,His Honours stain'd with Guilt and foul Disgrace.He saw the Pride of Earth's aspiring Lord,And in his Fury gave the dreadful Word:Straight o'er her peopled Plains his Floods were pour'd,And o'er the Mountains the proud Billows roar'd.Athwart the Face of Earth the Deluge sweeps,And whelms the impious Nations in the Deeps:Again God spake——and at his pow'rful CallThe raging Floods asswage, the Waters fall,The Tempests hear his Voice, and straight obey,And at his Thunder's Roar they haste away:From off the lofty Mountains they subside,And gently thro' the winding Vallies glide,Till in the spacious Caverns of the DeepThey sink together, and in Silence sleep.There he hath stretch'd abroad their liquid Plains,And there Omnipotence their Rage restrains,That Earth no more her Ruins may deplore,And guilty Mortals dread their Wrath no more.He bids the living Fountains burst the Ground,And bounteous spread their Silver Streams around:Down from the Hills they draw their shining Train,Diffusing Health and Beauty o'er the Plain.There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage,And panting Savages their Flame asswage.On their sweet winding Banks th' aerial RaceIn artless Numbers warble forth his Praise,Or chant the harmless Raptures of their Loves,And cheer the Plains, and wake the vocal Groves.Forth from his Treasures in the Skies he poursHis precious Blessings in refreshing Show'rs.Each dying Plant with Joy new Life receives,And thankful Nature smiles, and Earth revives.The fruitful Fields with Verdure he bespreads,The Table of the Race that haunts the Meads,And bids each Forest, and each flow'ry PlainSend forth their native Physic for the Swain.Thus
From her appointed Sphere forbid to fly,Or rush unbalanc'd thro' the trackless Sky.To reas'ning Man the sov'reign Rule assign'd,His Delegate o'er each inferior Kind;Too soon to fall from that distinguish'd Place,His Honours stain'd with Guilt and foul Disgrace.He saw the Pride of Earth's aspiring Lord,And in his Fury gave the dreadful Word:Straight o'er her peopled Plains his Floods were pour'd,And o'er the Mountains the proud Billows roar'd.Athwart the Face of Earth the Deluge sweeps,And whelms the impious Nations in the Deeps:Again God spake——and at his pow'rful CallThe raging Floods asswage, the Waters fall,The Tempests hear his Voice, and straight obey,And at his Thunder's Roar they haste away:From off the lofty Mountains they subside,And gently thro' the winding Vallies glide,Till in the spacious Caverns of the DeepThey sink together, and in Silence sleep.There he hath stretch'd abroad their liquid Plains,And there Omnipotence their Rage restrains,That Earth no more her Ruins may deplore,And guilty Mortals dread their Wrath no more.He bids the living Fountains burst the Ground,And bounteous spread their Silver Streams around:Down from the Hills they draw their shining Train,Diffusing Health and Beauty o'er the Plain.There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage,And panting Savages their Flame asswage.On their sweet winding Banks th' aerial RaceIn artless Numbers warble forth his Praise,Or chant the harmless Raptures of their Loves,And cheer the Plains, and wake the vocal Groves.Forth from his Treasures in the Skies he poursHis precious Blessings in refreshing Show'rs.Each dying Plant with Joy new Life receives,And thankful Nature smiles, and Earth revives.The fruitful Fields with Verdure he bespreads,The Table of the Race that haunts the Meads,And bids each Forest, and each flow'ry PlainSend forth their native Physic for the Swain.Thus
From her appointed Sphere forbid to fly,Or rush unbalanc'd thro' the trackless Sky.To reas'ning Man the sov'reign Rule assign'd,His Delegate o'er each inferior Kind;Too soon to fall from that distinguish'd Place,His Honours stain'd with Guilt and foul Disgrace.He saw the Pride of Earth's aspiring Lord,And in his Fury gave the dreadful Word:Straight o'er her peopled Plains his Floods were pour'd,And o'er the Mountains the proud Billows roar'd.Athwart the Face of Earth the Deluge sweeps,And whelms the impious Nations in the Deeps:Again God spake——and at his pow'rful CallThe raging Floods asswage, the Waters fall,The Tempests hear his Voice, and straight obey,And at his Thunder's Roar they haste away:From off the lofty Mountains they subside,And gently thro' the winding Vallies glide,Till in the spacious Caverns of the DeepThey sink together, and in Silence sleep.There he hath stretch'd abroad their liquid Plains,And there Omnipotence their Rage restrains,That Earth no more her Ruins may deplore,And guilty Mortals dread their Wrath no more.He bids the living Fountains burst the Ground,And bounteous spread their Silver Streams around:Down from the Hills they draw their shining Train,Diffusing Health and Beauty o'er the Plain.There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage,And panting Savages their Flame asswage.On their sweet winding Banks th' aerial RaceIn artless Numbers warble forth his Praise,Or chant the harmless Raptures of their Loves,And cheer the Plains, and wake the vocal Groves.Forth from his Treasures in the Skies he poursHis precious Blessings in refreshing Show'rs.Each dying Plant with Joy new Life receives,And thankful Nature smiles, and Earth revives.The fruitful Fields with Verdure he bespreads,The Table of the Race that haunts the Meads,And bids each Forest, and each flow'ry PlainSend forth their native Physic for the Swain.Thus
Thus doth the various Bounty of the EarthSupport each Species crowding into Birth.In purple Streams she bids her Vintage flow,And Olives on her Hills luxuriant grow,One with its generous Juice to cheer the Heart,And one illustrious Beauty to impart;And Bread of all Heav'n's precious Gifts the chiefFrom desolating Want the sure Relief.Which with new Life the feeble Limbs inspires,And all the Man with Health and Courage fires.The Cloud-topt Hills with waving Woods are crown'd,Which wide extend their sacred Shades around,ThereLebanon's proud Cedars nod their Heads;ThereBashan's lofty Oaks extend their Shades:The pointed Firs rise tow'ring to the Clouds,And Life and warbling Numbers fill the Woods.Nor gentle Shades alone, nor verdant Plains,Nor fair enamell'd Meads, nor flow'ry Lawns,But e'en rude Rocks and dreary Desarts yieldRetreats for the wild Wand'rers of the Field.Thy Pow'r with Life and Sense all Nature fills,Each Element with varied Being swells,Race after Race arising view the Light,Then silent pass away, and sink in Night.The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd,Proclaims th' exhaustless Hand, the Hand of God.Nor less thy Glory in the etherial Spheres,Nor less thy ruling Providence appears.There from on high the gentle Moon by NightIn solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light,And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams,Thence copious spreads around his quick'ning Streams.Each various Orb enjoys the golden Day,And Worlds of Life hang on his chearful Ray.Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain,And still the kind Vicissitudes remain:For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads,And wraps all Nature in her awful Shades,Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye,Stretch'd at their Ease the weary Lab'rers lie.The restless Soul 'midst Life's vain Tumults tost,Forgets her Woes, and ev'ry Care is lost.Then
Thus doth the various Bounty of the EarthSupport each Species crowding into Birth.In purple Streams she bids her Vintage flow,And Olives on her Hills luxuriant grow,One with its generous Juice to cheer the Heart,And one illustrious Beauty to impart;And Bread of all Heav'n's precious Gifts the chiefFrom desolating Want the sure Relief.Which with new Life the feeble Limbs inspires,And all the Man with Health and Courage fires.The Cloud-topt Hills with waving Woods are crown'd,Which wide extend their sacred Shades around,ThereLebanon's proud Cedars nod their Heads;ThereBashan's lofty Oaks extend their Shades:The pointed Firs rise tow'ring to the Clouds,And Life and warbling Numbers fill the Woods.Nor gentle Shades alone, nor verdant Plains,Nor fair enamell'd Meads, nor flow'ry Lawns,But e'en rude Rocks and dreary Desarts yieldRetreats for the wild Wand'rers of the Field.Thy Pow'r with Life and Sense all Nature fills,Each Element with varied Being swells,Race after Race arising view the Light,Then silent pass away, and sink in Night.The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd,Proclaims th' exhaustless Hand, the Hand of God.Nor less thy Glory in the etherial Spheres,Nor less thy ruling Providence appears.There from on high the gentle Moon by NightIn solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light,And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams,Thence copious spreads around his quick'ning Streams.Each various Orb enjoys the golden Day,And Worlds of Life hang on his chearful Ray.Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain,And still the kind Vicissitudes remain:For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads,And wraps all Nature in her awful Shades,Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye,Stretch'd at their Ease the weary Lab'rers lie.The restless Soul 'midst Life's vain Tumults tost,Forgets her Woes, and ev'ry Care is lost.Then
Thus doth the various Bounty of the EarthSupport each Species crowding into Birth.In purple Streams she bids her Vintage flow,And Olives on her Hills luxuriant grow,One with its generous Juice to cheer the Heart,And one illustrious Beauty to impart;And Bread of all Heav'n's precious Gifts the chiefFrom desolating Want the sure Relief.Which with new Life the feeble Limbs inspires,And all the Man with Health and Courage fires.The Cloud-topt Hills with waving Woods are crown'd,Which wide extend their sacred Shades around,ThereLebanon's proud Cedars nod their Heads;ThereBashan's lofty Oaks extend their Shades:The pointed Firs rise tow'ring to the Clouds,And Life and warbling Numbers fill the Woods.Nor gentle Shades alone, nor verdant Plains,Nor fair enamell'd Meads, nor flow'ry Lawns,But e'en rude Rocks and dreary Desarts yieldRetreats for the wild Wand'rers of the Field.Thy Pow'r with Life and Sense all Nature fills,Each Element with varied Being swells,Race after Race arising view the Light,Then silent pass away, and sink in Night.The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd,Proclaims th' exhaustless Hand, the Hand of God.Nor less thy Glory in the etherial Spheres,Nor less thy ruling Providence appears.There from on high the gentle Moon by NightIn solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light,And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams,Thence copious spreads around his quick'ning Streams.Each various Orb enjoys the golden Day,And Worlds of Life hang on his chearful Ray.Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain,And still the kind Vicissitudes remain:For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads,And wraps all Nature in her awful Shades,Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye,Stretch'd at their Ease the weary Lab'rers lie.The restless Soul 'midst Life's vain Tumults tost,Forgets her Woes, and ev'ry Care is lost.Then
JANUARY.I Month.Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.BeforeRemark. days, &c.☉ ri.☉ set☽ pl.Aspects, &c.12Circumcision.724436♐11☽ with ♂23Clouds and72443623☽ with ♄34cold, with723437♑5♃ rise 4 2345snow;72343717Tis against56Days inc. 4 m.72343729☽ with ☿some67Epiphany.722438♒10♂ rise 4 447G1 p. Epiph.72243822☽ w. ♀Mens82wind and721439♓4Principle to pay93falling72143916Interest, and104Days inc. 10 m.72044028seems against115weather,719441♈10♃ s. 11 6others126then71844223♄ rise 5 42137very cold,717443♉6Sirius so. 10 5214G2 p. Epiph.71644419✱ ♄ ♀Interest152Day incr. 18 m.716444♊27 *s so. 7 42163wintry71544516♃ so. 10 39174weather;714446♋0♂ rise 4 36185but grows more71344715☽ with ♃to196Day 9 36 long.712448♌1☉ in ♒pay207moderate,71244817△ ♃ ♀the21G3 p. Epiph.711449♍3Principal.222followed by71045018♀ sets 8 2233clouds, wind79451♎2Philosophy as244and7845215well as Foppery255Conv. St.Paul.7745328✱ ♂ ☿often266Day incr. 38 m.76454♏11changes Fashion.277cold, with7545524♄ rise 4 4828G4 p. Epiph.74456♐77 *s sou. 6 47292snow or7345719Sirius sou. 9 44303K. Char. behead.72458♑1☽ with ♄ & ♂314rain.7145913☽ with ☿
JANUARY.I Month.
Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.Before
Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.Before
Then from their Dens the rav'nous Monsters creep,Whilst in their Folds the harmless Bestial sleep.The furious Lion roams in quest of Prey,To gorge his Hunger till the Dawn of Day;His hideous Roar with Terror shakes the Wood,As from his Maker's Hand he asks his Food.Again the Sun his Morning Beams displays,And fires the eastern Mountain with his Rays.Before
Remark. days, &c.☉ ri.☉ set☽ pl.Aspects, &c.12Circumcision.724436♐11☽ with ♂23Clouds and72443623☽ with ♄34cold, with723437♑5♃ rise 4 2345snow;72343717Tis against56Days inc. 4 m.72343729☽ with ☿some67Epiphany.722438♒10♂ rise 4 447G1 p. Epiph.72243822☽ w. ♀Mens82wind and721439♓4Principle to pay93falling72143916Interest, and104Days inc. 10 m.72044028seems against115weather,719441♈10♃ s. 11 6others126then71844223♄ rise 5 42137very cold,717443♉6Sirius so. 10 5214G2 p. Epiph.71644419✱ ♄ ♀Interest152Day incr. 18 m.716444♊27 *s so. 7 42163wintry71544516♃ so. 10 39174weather;714446♋0♂ rise 4 36185but grows more71344715☽ with ♃to196Day 9 36 long.712448♌1☉ in ♒pay207moderate,71244817△ ♃ ♀the21G3 p. Epiph.711449♍3Principal.222followed by71045018♀ sets 8 2233clouds, wind79451♎2Philosophy as244and7845215well as Foppery255Conv. St.Paul.7745328✱ ♂ ☿often266Day incr. 38 m.76454♏11changes Fashion.277cold, with7545524♄ rise 4 4828G4 p. Epiph.74456♐77 *s sou. 6 47292snow or7345719Sirius sou. 9 44303K. Char. behead.72458♑1☽ with ♄ & ♂314rain.7145913☽ with ☿
JanuaryhathXXXIDays.D.H.Planets Places.New ☽48 mor.D.☉♄♃♂♀☿☽sL.First Q.12at noon.♑♐♋♐♒♑Full ●1910 mor.112291171526N.2Last Q.264 mor.617301011212451223♑ 091529192bracket left12♏12 Deg.17281819♓ 514S.4☊221122♒ 3182211134311027827261715N.1January Woodcut IllustrationD.☽ rise☽ sou:T.O Sl td ile.TheGreatness of that Power, which has been exerted in the Creation, though every Object in Nature shews it, will best appear by considering a little theGREATWorks, properly so called, of Nature; the Sun, and Planets, and the fixed Stars. The Sun and Moon, the most conspicuous to us of all the celestial Bodies, are the only ones mentioned in the sacred Text: But the Invention of that noblest of Instruments the Telescope, and the Sagacity of the Astronomers of later Ages, whose Observations have improved and corrected those of the foregoing, afford us a very different Idea of the Solar System, from what the single Consideration of those two most conspicuous Bodies gives us. As this may probably fall into the Hands of some, who have not Leisure or Opportunities of reading Books of Astronomy, the following brief View of our System, and of the Immensity of the Creation, according to the Theory of the Moderns, may not be unacceptable.It is proper, in the first Place, just to mention, That the real Magnitudes, Distances, Orbits, and other Affections of the Bodies of our System are determined by what Astronomers call their Parallaxes, and by their Elongations from the Sun, and their apparent Magnitudes, and other analogical Methods, which would take up by far too much Time to explain here; by which it is possible to determine14399 M41122533103013Moon111924sets.1263245A.A.5332567013642678021852788543062899503436291010474277301111465108311212505558Jan.13M.5064491415173410315252828114163569231251745710221618Moon11212719rises12253820A.Morn.3921756130410229112265112310183166122411194571325122245471426M22543815271176349162822172610172931681411183043931219314449511220(deter-)minetheir
JanuaryhathXXXIDays.D.H.Planets Places.New ☽48 mor.D.☉♄♃♂♀☿☽sL.First Q.12at noon.♑♐♋♐♒♑Full ●1910 mor.112291171526N.2Last Q.264 mor.617301011212451223♑ 091529192bracket left12♏12 Deg.17281819♓ 514S.4☊221122♒ 3182211134311027827261715N.1
January Woodcut Illustration
D.☽ rise☽ sou:T.O Sl td ile.TheGreatness of that Power, which has been exerted in the Creation, though every Object in Nature shews it, will best appear by considering a little theGREATWorks, properly so called, of Nature; the Sun, and Planets, and the fixed Stars. The Sun and Moon, the most conspicuous to us of all the celestial Bodies, are the only ones mentioned in the sacred Text: But the Invention of that noblest of Instruments the Telescope, and the Sagacity of the Astronomers of later Ages, whose Observations have improved and corrected those of the foregoing, afford us a very different Idea of the Solar System, from what the single Consideration of those two most conspicuous Bodies gives us. As this may probably fall into the Hands of some, who have not Leisure or Opportunities of reading Books of Astronomy, the following brief View of our System, and of the Immensity of the Creation, according to the Theory of the Moderns, may not be unacceptable.It is proper, in the first Place, just to mention, That the real Magnitudes, Distances, Orbits, and other Affections of the Bodies of our System are determined by what Astronomers call their Parallaxes, and by their Elongations from the Sun, and their apparent Magnitudes, and other analogical Methods, which would take up by far too much Time to explain here; by which it is possible to determine14399 M41122533103013Moon111924sets.1263245A.A.5332567013642678021852788543062899503436291010474277301111465108311212505558Jan.13M.5064491415173410315252828114163569231251745710221618Moon11212719rises12253820A.Morn.3921756130410229112265112310183166122411194571325122245471426M22543815271176349162822172610172931681411183043931219314449511220(deter-)minetheir
TheGreatness of that Power, which has been exerted in the Creation, though every Object in Nature shews it, will best appear by considering a little theGREATWorks, properly so called, of Nature; the Sun, and Planets, and the fixed Stars. The Sun and Moon, the most conspicuous to us of all the celestial Bodies, are the only ones mentioned in the sacred Text: But the Invention of that noblest of Instruments the Telescope, and the Sagacity of the Astronomers of later Ages, whose Observations have improved and corrected those of the foregoing, afford us a very different Idea of the Solar System, from what the single Consideration of those two most conspicuous Bodies gives us. As this may probably fall into the Hands of some, who have not Leisure or Opportunities of reading Books of Astronomy, the following brief View of our System, and of the Immensity of the Creation, according to the Theory of the Moderns, may not be unacceptable.
It is proper, in the first Place, just to mention, That the real Magnitudes, Distances, Orbits, and other Affections of the Bodies of our System are determined by what Astronomers call their Parallaxes, and by their Elongations from the Sun, and their apparent Magnitudes, and other analogical Methods, which would take up by far too much Time to explain here; by which it is possible to determine
FEBRUARY.II Month.Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;He looks upon the World—and all is Light.Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary WasteAffrighted to their Holds return in Haste,To Man give up the World, his native Reign,Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.How various are thy Works, Creator wise!How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!WhereRemark. days, &c.☉ ris☉ set☽ pl.Aspects, &c.15Days 10 h. long.7050♑25♃ sou. 9 2826PurificationV. M.65951♒7♂ rise 4 2037Clouds6585219Setting too good4G5 p. Epiph.65654♓1an Example52and wind,6555513☿ rise 5 3463with6545625☌ ☽ ♀ ☌ ♄ ♂74falling65357♈7♀ sets 8 2is a85Days incr. 1 66525820Kind of Slander96weather,65159♉3seldom forgiven;107then fair65051016'tisScandalum11G6 p. Epiph.64851229Magnatum.122and cold;647513♊13□ ♃ ♀A great133changeable64651427♄ rise 3 49144Valentine.645515♋12☽ W. ♃Talker155Days inc. 1 2264351727□ ♂ ♀may be166and like for642518♌127 *s sets 1 0177rain, or snow,64151927♃ sou. 8 2118GSeptuagesima.640520♏12☉ in ♓no Fool,192then follows63852226Sirius sou. 8 21203Day 10 46 long.637523♎10♂ rise 4 5214clear and cold63652424♀ sets 9 0225weather; but635525♏8✱ ☉ ♄but he236soon changes to63352721is one that247St. Matthias.632528♐3△ ☉ ♃relies25GSexagesima.63152915on him.262snow63053027♄ rises 3 0273or cold rain.628532♑9☽ with ♄284Day inc. 1 56 m.62753321☽ with ♂
FEBRUARY.II Month.
Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;He looks upon the World—and all is Light.Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary WasteAffrighted to their Holds return in Haste,To Man give up the World, his native Reign,Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.How various are thy Works, Creator wise!How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!Where
Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;He looks upon the World—and all is Light.Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary WasteAffrighted to their Holds return in Haste,To Man give up the World, his native Reign,Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.How various are thy Works, Creator wise!How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!Where
Before him fly the Horrors of the Night;He looks upon the World—and all is Light.Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary WasteAffrighted to their Holds return in Haste,To Man give up the World, his native Reign,Who then resumes his Pow'r, and rules the Plain.How various are thy Works, Creator wise!How to the Sight Beauties on Beauties rise!Where
Remark. days, &c.☉ ris☉ set☽ pl.Aspects, &c.15Days 10 h. long.7050♑25♃ sou. 9 2826PurificationV. M.65951♒7♂ rise 4 2037Clouds6585219Setting too good4G5 p. Epiph.65654♓1an Example52and wind,6555513☿ rise 5 3463with6545625☌ ☽ ♀ ☌ ♄ ♂74falling65357♈7♀ sets 8 2is a85Days incr. 1 66525820Kind of Slander96weather,65159♉3seldom forgiven;107then fair65051016'tisScandalum11G6 p. Epiph.64851229Magnatum.122and cold;647513♊13□ ♃ ♀A great133changeable64651427♄ rise 3 49144Valentine.645515♋12☽ W. ♃Talker155Days inc. 1 2264351727□ ♂ ♀may be166and like for642518♌127 *s sets 1 0177rain, or snow,64151927♃ sou. 8 2118GSeptuagesima.640520♏12☉ in ♓no Fool,192then follows63852226Sirius sou. 8 21203Day 10 46 long.637523♎10♂ rise 4 5214clear and cold63652424♀ sets 9 0225weather; but635525♏8✱ ☉ ♄but he236soon changes to63352721is one that247St. Matthias.632528♐3△ ☉ ♃relies25GSexagesima.63152915on him.262snow63053027♄ rises 3 0273or cold rain.628532♑9☽ with ♄284Day inc. 1 56 m.62753321☽ with ♂