Domingos Pinto Coelho
That the effects of the sun on the 13th seemed marvellous and strongly impressed the multitude, we already noted in the articles of the 16th and 17th.
And there we also pointed out the coincidence of the phenomenon taking place on the day and at the hour announced (with a difference of only a few moments), and of the rain, which until then had been falling for hours on end with a persistence fit to try one's patience, stopping at that moment.
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Or are they even a common sight, given certain favourable conditions in the sky, as Sunday's observation seemed to us to show?
Que os effeitos do sol no dia 13 pareceram maravilhosos e impressionaram fortemente a multidão, constatámol-o nós já nos artigos de 16 e 17.
E ahi salientámos tambem a coincidencia do phenomeno se produzir no dia e á hora annunciada (com differença apenas de alguns momentos) e de, até então, a chuva ter cahido horas a fio, com uma persistencia de impacientar, cessando por essa occasião.
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Ou são até de observação corrente, dadas certas circumstancias favoraveis no céu, como nos pareceu que resultava da observação de domingo?
