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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Industry need not wish , as Poor Richard says , and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting . There are no Gains , without Pains ; then Help Hands , for I have no Lands , or if I have , they are smartly taxed .
Industry need not wish , as Poor Richard says , and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting . There are no Gains , without Pains ; then Help Hands , for I have no Lands , or if I have , they are smartly taxed .
Page 280
Whereas Industry gives Comfort , and Plenty , and Respect : Fly Pleasures , and they'll follow you . The diligent Spinner has a large Shift ; and now I have a Sheep and a Cow , every Body bids me Good morrow ; all which is well said by ...
Whereas Industry gives Comfort , and Plenty , and Respect : Fly Pleasures , and they'll follow you . The diligent Spinner has a large Shift ; and now I have a Sheep and a Cow , every Body bids me Good morrow ; all which is well said by ...
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So much for Industry , my Friends , and Attention to one's own Business ; but to these we must add Frugality , if we would make our Industry more certainly successful . A Man may , if he knows not how to save as he gets , keep his Nose ...
So much for Industry , my Friends , and Attention to one's own Business ; but to these we must add Frugality , if we would make our Industry more certainly successful . A Man may , if he knows not how to save as he gets , keep his Nose ...
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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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