Author: William G. HutchisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Poor Robin's Almanack
Author: William G. HutchisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Poor Robin Or the True Weather Telling Almanack
Author: Poor PaddyPoor Robin's Prophecies
Author: Benjamin WardhaughPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199605424
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
From the reign of Charles II to the early 19th century, a curious Almanac - part 'teach-yourself mathematics', part political satire - promoted the use of science in everyday life and trades. Benjamin Wardaugh tells the story of the rumbustious 'Poor Robin of Saffron Walden', and the rise of popular science in Georgian England.
Old Poor Robin
Author: William WinstanleyThe Old Farmer and His Almanack
Author: George Lyman KittredgePublisher:
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Category : Farmer's almanack, calculated on a new and improved plan
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Being some observations on life and manners in Vew England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive, and entertaining, as well as a variety of miscellaneous matter.
Satire, History, Novel
Author: Frank PalmeriPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874138290
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Narrative satire was one of the dominant literary forms of the 18th century, but it came to be displaced by novelistic and historical forms of narrative. Palmeri (English, U. of Miami) argues that these new forms defined themselves in opposition to satire, but also by appropriating elements of satir
Poor Richard's Almanac
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
The Seasons
Author: Nick GroomPublisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1782392068
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first cuckoo call of spring or rejoice in the mellow fruits of harvest festival? How much will we lose if we can no longer find either refuge or reassurance in the greater natural—and meteorological—scheme of things? Nick Groom's splendidly rich and encyclopedic book is an unabashed celebration of the English seasons and the trove of strange folklore and often stranger fact they have accumulated over the centuries. Each season and its particular history are given their full due, and these chapters are interwoven with others on the calendar and how the year and months have come to be measured, on important dates and festivals such as Easter, May Day and, of course, Christmas, on that defining first cuckoo call, on national attitudes to weather, our seasonal relationship with the land and horticulture and much more. The author expresses the hope that his book will not prove an elegy: only time will tell.
An Account of American Almanacs and Their Value for Historical Study
Author: Clarence Saunders BrighamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description