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 68
No Resolution of Repenting hereafter , can be sincere . Pollio , who values nothing that's within , Buys Books as men hunt Beavers , - for their Skin . Honour thy Father and Mother , i.e. Live so as to be an Honour to them tho ' they ...
No Resolution of Repenting hereafter , can be sincere . Pollio , who values nothing that's within , Buys Books as men hunt Beavers , - for their Skin . Honour thy Father and Mother , i.e. Live so as to be an Honour to them tho ' they ...
Page 175
Art thou not an inseparable Companion of Honour , Wealth and Power ? No. This Man was rich , great , a Sovereign Prince : But he wanted to be richer , greater , and more a Sovereign . At first his Arms had vast Success ; but a Campaign ...
Art thou not an inseparable Companion of Honour , Wealth and Power ? No. This Man was rich , great , a Sovereign Prince : But he wanted to be richer , greater , and more a Sovereign . At first his Arms had vast Success ; but a Campaign ...
Page 258
A Person of Honour may be a profane Libertine , penurious , proud , may insult his Inferiors , and defraud his Creditors ; , but it is impossible for a Man of Honour to be guilty of any of these . The Person of Honour may flatter for ...
A Person of Honour may be a profane Libertine , penurious , proud , may insult his Inferiors , and defraud his Creditors ; , but it is impossible for a Man of Honour to be guilty of any of these . The Person of Honour may flatter for ...
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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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