Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 66.

Tremendous Rains

P T W, pseud.  [Peter T Westcott] *

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Meteorology, Astrology


    Reports that an old English proverb, 'It rains by Planets', signifies that 'the showers are governed by planets, which being erratic in their own motions, cause such uncertain wandering of clouds and falls of rain'.



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