America and Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom, & Weather, 1639-1970 |
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... England for witchcraft 1621 How does one even begin to explain the personalities of these , our founding fathers , and their actions and thoughts which eventually led to our Constitution , this turning of their backs upon the evils of ...
... England for witchcraft 1621 How does one even begin to explain the personalities of these , our founding fathers , and their actions and thoughts which eventually led to our Constitution , this turning of their backs upon the evils of ...
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... England and the Continent but also with various al- manacs and their histories on that side of the water . He would have read how it had been that those two al- manac editors had predicted the great London fire of 1616 , and because ...
... England and the Continent but also with various al- manacs and their histories on that side of the water . He would have read how it had been that those two al- manac editors had predicted the great London fire of 1616 , and because ...
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... England . There is the one , for example , about John Partridge , England's famous almanac maker of the 18th century , who used to travel from place to place on horseback . One morning as the groom at the inn where he was staying was ...
... England . There is the one , for example , about John Partridge , England's famous almanac maker of the 18th century , who used to travel from place to place on horseback . One morning as the groom at the inn where he was staying was ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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