Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages |
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[ Cont'd Mar. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost ; for want of a Shoe , the Horse is lost ; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost . MARCH What tho ' no Arch of Triumph is assign'd To laureld Pride , whose Sword has thinn'd Mankind ...
[ Cont'd Mar. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost ; for want of a Shoe , the Horse is lost ; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost . MARCH What tho ' no Arch of Triumph is assign'd To laureld Pride , whose Sword has thinn'd Mankind ...
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JANUARY [ Cont'd from Dec. 1753 Hail , infinite CREATOR ! with thy Praise The Muse began , with thee shall end my Lays , These are thy Works , blest Architect divine ! This Earth , and all this beauteous Offspring thine .
JANUARY [ Cont'd from Dec. 1753 Hail , infinite CREATOR ! with thy Praise The Muse began , with thee shall end my Lays , These are thy Works , blest Architect divine ! This Earth , and all this beauteous Offspring thine .
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[ Cont'd July Necessity has no Law ; Why ? Because ' tis not to be had without Money . There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel . The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year , his Disposition never . * JULY There from his forming Hand new ...
[ Cont'd July Necessity has no Law ; Why ? Because ' tis not to be had without Money . There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel . The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year , his Disposition never . * JULY There from his forming Hand new ...
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| Title | Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Masterpieces of American literature |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustrated by | Norman Rockwell |
| Contributors | Van Wyck Brooks, Limited Editions Club, Sign of the Stone Book (Firm) |
| Publisher | Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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