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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Page 170
... Cont'd Dec. Great Good - nature , without Prudence , is a great Misfortune . Keep Conscience clear , Then never fear . DECEMBER But not from Wrong alone thy Hand restrain , The Appetite of Gold demands the Rein . What Nature asks , what ...
... Cont'd Dec. Great Good - nature , without Prudence , is a great Misfortune . Keep Conscience clear , Then never fear . DECEMBER But not from Wrong alone thy Hand restrain , The Appetite of Gold demands the Rein . What Nature asks , what ...
Page 198
... Cont'd Dec. Not to oversee Workmen , is to leave them your Purse open . The Wise and Brave dares own that he was wrong . Cunning proceeds from Want of Capacity . It is an amusing Speculation to look back , and compute what Num- bers of ...
... Cont'd Dec. Not to oversee Workmen , is to leave them your Purse open . The Wise and Brave dares own that he was wrong . Cunning proceeds from Want of Capacity . It is an amusing Speculation to look back , and compute what Num- bers of ...
Page 210
... DECEMBER ' Here live enjoying Life , see Plenty , Peace ; Their Lands encreasing as their Sons increase ! As Nature yet is found in leafy Glades [ Cont'd Dec. To intermix the Walks with Lights and Shades ; Or as with Good and Ill , in ...
... DECEMBER ' Here live enjoying Life , see Plenty , Peace ; Their Lands encreasing as their Sons increase ! As Nature yet is found in leafy Glades [ Cont'd Dec. To intermix the Walks with Lights and Shades ; Or as with Good and Ill , in ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd Dec Cont'd June Cont'd Nov Cont'd Oct Cont'd Sept Courteous READER Cyder dear Death Digits eclipsed divine drink e'er Earth Eclipses Edmund Waller Edward Young Fame Fire Folly Fools form'd Franklin Friend give Hand happy hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Hours JANUARY JULIUS CÆSAR JULY keep Kind READER King Labour live Love Man's MARCH Mind Money Month Moon Nature ne'er Neighbours never Night Norman Rockwell Number o'er OCTOBER OLIVER CROMWELL Pain Planets Pleasure Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanack Pow'r Praise Pride Publick Reason rich rise round Saturn SAUNDERS Sense SEPTEMBER shine Sir Isaac Newton Soul Stars sweet thee there's Things thou thro Tongue Truth twill Virtue Want Wealth Wife Wisdom wise World