the Tip of the Tail of the Lyon; I see it yonder simpering thro' that Western Window; if you will let me lift up the Sash you may see it without going out.
O! I do, said she, and the Virgin's Ear of Corn too, very plain: But what are those two great Stars that appear together almost nearly West, and let me see!—don't tell me—about, about—I must look out at the Pointers again to get my Measure———why, they are about 25 Degrees high.
Very well guess'd, said I, Madam; you will come to measure the Distance of Stars by your Eye, in a little Time, as accurately as the good Houswives and Workwomen can measure Cloth or Ribbons, by the length of their middle finger.
Well, said she, Mr. Observator, and so I can too, for all I have a Mind to be an Astronomer, as well as the best of them; and I don't design, Sir, that my Studies shall spoil my Housewifry: But pray tell me quickly, who those two famous Stars are.
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