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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Gay Cloathing so generally betokens a light and empty Mind , that we are surpriz'd if we chance to find good Sense under that disguise . Vain are the Studies of the Fop and Beau , Who all their Care expend on outward Show .
Gay Cloathing so generally betokens a light and empty Mind , that we are surpriz'd if we chance to find good Sense under that disguise . Vain are the Studies of the Fop and Beau , Who all their Care expend on outward Show .
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Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain , And still the kind Vicissitudes remain : For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads , all Nature in her awful Shades , Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye , Stretch'd at ...
Thus Light and Darkness their fix'd Course maintain , And still the kind Vicissitudes remain : For when pale Night her sable Curtain spreads , all Nature in her awful Shades , Soft Slumbers gently seal each mortal Eye , Stretch'd at ...
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... us a little glimmering Light in the Night , which could have been done more effectually , and with infinitely less Exertion of creating Power , by one single additional Moon . For what Purpose then shall we suppose such a Profusion ...
... us a little glimmering Light in the Night , which could have been done more effectually , and with infinitely less Exertion of creating Power , by one single additional Moon . For what Purpose then shall we suppose such a Profusion ...
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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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