America and Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom, & Weather, 1639-1970 |
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... makers noted and assimilated the prac- tical and poetical notes of these readers and they added to them pithy proverbs , wit , riddles , entertainment , and instruction . But to John Tulley , unoriginal as his al- manacs may have seemed ...
... makers noted and assimilated the prac- tical and poetical notes of these readers and they added to them pithy proverbs , wit , riddles , entertainment , and instruction . But to John Tulley , unoriginal as his al- manacs may have seemed ...
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... makers or anybody else . The Dark Day of October 21 , 1716 , for example , when " one could not recognize another ... maker's mill , none of any importance appeared to rival Samuel Clough during the first quarter of the 18th century ...
... makers or anybody else . The Dark Day of October 21 , 1716 , for example , when " one could not recognize another ... maker's mill , none of any importance appeared to rival Samuel Clough during the first quarter of the 18th century ...
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... makers , I began to realize that in the days of Colonial America every- thing was country rather than city . Providence , Spring- field , Hartford , Newport ( Rhode Island ) , Boston , Portland ( Maine ) , Concord ( New Hampshire ) ...
... makers , I began to realize that in the days of Colonial America every- thing was country rather than city . Providence , Spring- field , Hartford , Newport ( Rhode Island ) , Boston , Portland ( Maine ) , Concord ( New Hampshire ) ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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