The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . lt contmiited by my Fen or Prejs pajsUacorreQed^ Excuft it ; in fd dom^ yen v/ill not 6nly doyoyrjelf AKifidruJj^ hsa nijo oblige hiv^, nbo is a Friend loifS thai tire MAthtmdffcally inclirtfd^ ,^d a real Lover of//v wiO/f Juhiime (Indy of ^fironomy^ N. AnkSt Bi^idgwater, OiStob. 12th. 1725. Ead ihtjt and Learn lut dont all faulu Obje^^Since they can only judge that eon ;To xfhovt my Worh appeal^ and if Jfivd^ ^Th^ Son/ of Jrt to favour them inclin dr ;With their
The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . lt contmiited by my Fen or Prejs pajsUacorreQed^ Excuft it ; in fd dom^ yen v/ill not 6nly doyoyrjelf AKifidruJj^ hsa nijo oblige hiv^, nbo is a Friend loifS thai tire MAthtmdffcally inclirtfd^ ,^d a real Lover of//v wiO/f Juhiime (Indy of ^fironomy^ N. AnkSt Bi^idgwater, OiStob. 12th. 1725. Ead ihtjt and Learn lut dont all faulu Obje^^Since they can only judge that eon ;To xfhovt my Worh appeal^ and if Jfivd^ ^Th^ Son/ of Jrt to favour them inclin dr ;With their ProphloHs fmiles^ u fhill fuffce^7a-^ccuaterpiU>fi the Prcjvnf of Enemies^ Wioe ia a Century ( Old Indians {ay.)Out Land abounds with Bears & Bea^: of Prey;Wbncof fome doembfftcc ProudNcpcanesWavesAnd with ttc Scaly Tttbc fwin> to tktnGravc^ :Others Retreat tuvratds ihc Frigid Zone, ; And dvrdl in Deleft yet lo us unthown ; ? Tbey II come, no more from whcaccth£.y4oKe»Uniil a Jobiiee ef Ycart Expire. (nte, J Lcle Sup. C. ISoGon, ile BrR Tucfdpy in May. | \ The eighth page of Dr. Ames first Almanack, APOLOGY. T>VERYTHING has a beginning, and books are no exception^ to the rule. A book without a preface would certainly beunique, for some excuse must alwajs be found for publiccalamities; hence I, in introducing mj author anew to the public,after a lapse of so many years, essay this apology for my temerity,and relate how I became so interested in what is generally andignorantl} classed as the most insignificant of works. My firstintimacy with the almanack was at a very tender age—before myadvent into nankeen trousers—and the first copy that everattracted my attention was one of a number that hung suspendedfrom a brass knob, at the corner of a mantel which surmountedthe cavernous kitchen fireplace in the chateau where mygrandfather resided. It was about dusk, I was alone—or almost so—two self-satisfiedlooking silhouettes that beamed graciously from their mou
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