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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... and having clear'd them of Spider webs , and dead Leaves , put them into a large Molosses - or Rum - Hogshead ; after having washed it well , and knock'd one Head out , fix it upon the other Head , on a Stand , or Blocks in the ...
... and having clear'd them of Spider webs , and dead Leaves , put them into a large Molosses - or Rum - Hogshead ; after having washed it well , and knock'd one Head out , fix it upon the other Head , on a Stand , or Blocks in the ...
Page 117
JUNE Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring Judgment , and misguide the Mind , What the weak Head with strongest Biass rules , Is Pride , that never - failing Vice of Fools . Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd ...
JUNE Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring Judgment , and misguide the Mind , What the weak Head with strongest Biass rules , Is Pride , that never - failing Vice of Fools . Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd ...
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If your head is wax , don't walk in the Sun. Pretty & Witty , will wound if they hit ye . ... Tis raging Noon , and , vertical , the Sun Darts on the Head direct his forceful rays . All - conqu'ring Heat , oh intermit thy wrath !
If your head is wax , don't walk in the Sun. Pretty & Witty , will wound if they hit ye . ... Tis raging Noon , and , vertical , the Sun Darts on the Head direct his forceful rays . All - conqu'ring Heat , oh intermit thy wrath !
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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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