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... contained in these Philomath almanacs , and some contain the earliest examples of secular and elegiac verse in this country . Here is an example from one of them : The stout Celestial waggoneer Now with the sturdy bullock strives , And ...
... contained in these Philomath almanacs , and some contain the earliest examples of secular and elegiac verse in this country . Here is an example from one of them : The stout Celestial waggoneer Now with the sturdy bullock strives , And ...
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... contained in Murphy's annual issues which brought their owner , through some years of continuing success , a fortune only to lose the fortune for him in one year of downright failure . Gulliver's Travels , Jonathan Swift's great ...
... contained in Murphy's annual issues which brought their owner , through some years of continuing success , a fortune only to lose the fortune for him in one year of downright failure . Gulliver's Travels , Jonathan Swift's great ...
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... contain the vague and ridic- ulous predictions on the weather so common to publications of this kind : and although he has been advised to insert it ( or something of no harm ) yet , notwithstanding his wish to please all , he would ...
... contain the vague and ridic- ulous predictions on the weather so common to publications of this kind : and although he has been advised to insert it ( or something of no harm ) yet , notwithstanding his wish to please all , he would ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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