| Arminianism - 1824 - 920 pages
...approaching FOVL H'ruu r.ic. The hollow winds begin to blow ; The clouds look black, the glass is taw ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep ; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the mm went pale to bed; The moon in halus hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves... | |
| Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 pages
...account of the signs of rain in a poetical description of the approach of foul weather, as follows : The hollow winds begin to blow ; The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep ; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed ; The moon in halos hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...the weather is warm and mild, and favourable for fishing. SIB H. DAVY — Salmonia. SIGNS OF RAIN. THE hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud quack the ducks,... | |
| James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...granted Margaret safe conduct till she got out of the kingdom.—National Anecdotes. Signs of Rain. The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head : The boding shepherd heaves... | |
| Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...to a friend for not accepting an invitation to make an excursion with him, by the late Dr. Jenner. " The hollow winds begin to blow: The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...SIGNS OF RAIN. An Excuse for not accepting the Invitation of a Friend to make an Excursion with him. THE hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head : The boding shepherd heaves... | |
| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 pages
...lost his ass into the bargain. >•£«**f SIGNS OF RAIN. *. Vt .V, ••., •• '•••' .. The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Hark 1 how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; • Loud quack the ducks,the... | |
| 1836 - 98 pages
...change, with tolerable acuracy. Dr. Darwin has collected many of these signs in the following verses. The hollow winds begin to blow ; The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep ; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed ; The moon in halos hid her head. The boding shepnerd heaves... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...which are extant even now in the North of England. Jenner thus describes the signs of the weather : " The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last nigh* the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The walls are damp, the... | |
| Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 782 pages
...and subjoin it as very useful, and a thing easy to be remembered. Signs of appqpeching foul weather. The hollow winds begin to blow ; The clouds look black,...the spaniels sleep ; And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed ; The moon in haloes hid her head. The boding shepherd heaves... | |
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