 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1848 - 498 Seiten
...saturated with vapour ; in consequence of which, wet may be soon expected : hence the proverb — " Evening red and morning grey Will set the traveller on his way; But evening grey and morning red Will bring down rain npon his head." Q. The proverb says, "A RAINBOW in... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1853 - 478 Seiten
...concerning the appearance of the skies that we have just considered and endeavoured to interpret. " An evening red, and morning grey, Will set the traveller on his way ; But an evening grey, and a morning red, Will pour down rain on the traveller's head." In the absence of... | |
 | T.B. Butler - 1856 - 438 Seiten
...truth, viz. : "An evening red and a morning gray Are sure signs of a fair day ; Be the evening gray and the morning red, Put on your hat or you '11 wet your head." The sky is red if there be no condensation at the west to obscure the rays of the sun ; if there be,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 360 Seiten
...transmits the red rays of light, and therefore the excess of humidity will probably soon fall as rain. " An evening red, and morning grey, Will set the traveller on his way; But an everting grey, and a morning red, Will pour down rain on the traveller's head." 380. Why will "an... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1864 - 506 Seiten
...is saturated with vapor ; in consequence of which wet may be soon expected : hence the proverb — " Evening red and morning grey Will set the traveller on his way ; But evening grey and morning red Will bring down rain upon his head." Q. What is meant by an AURORA BOREA'LIS,... | |
 | Ida von Düringsfeld, Otto von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld - 1875 - 658 Seiten
...holde en Al ved e Hale, (jüt. S.) Es M nicht leicht, einen Aal beim Schwanz zu halten. en. An eveuing red and morning grey, Will set the traveller on his...'s grey and the morning red, Put on your hat or you 41 wet your head. Abend roth und Morgen grau fördert den Reitenden auf seinem Weg, aber wenn der Abend... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1875 - 542 Seiten
...the temperature has beyun to fall, thus indicating a change from wet to dry weather. ' ' The evening grey and the morning red, Put on your hat, or you '11 wet your head. " This does not refer to a hi9h red dawn, which may be regarded as a prognostic of settled weather.... | |
 | Warne Frederick and co, ltd - 1879 - 652 Seiten
...to produce white light — for grey is only a modification of white. The old proverb truly says : " Evening red and morning grey Will set the traveller on his way ; But evening grey and morning red Will bring down rain upon his head." A morning rainbow also presages wet,... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 Seiten
...mattino Allegra il pellegrino. //.//. A red evening, and a white morning, rejoice the pilgrim."— R. "An evening red and morning grey Will set the traveller on his way ; But if the evening's "grey and the morning red, Put on your hat, or you'll wet your head." — D. An evil conscience... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1891 - 524 Seiten
...transmits the red rays of light, and therefore the excess of humidity will probably soon fall as rain. " An evening red, and morning grey, Will set the traveller on his way; But an evening grey, and a morning red, Will pour down rain on tho traveller's head." 380. Why will "an... | |
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Det er itt' godt at holde en Al ved e Hale, (jüt. 8.) Et ist nicht leicht, einen Aal beim Schwanz zu halten. 4 eu. Au evening red and morning grey, Will set the traveller on his way; But if the evening 's grey and the morning red, Put on your hat or... 
