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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... Poor Richard's Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin . For the most part , meteorological and astronomical material has been omitted , as well as a few factual articles to which Poor Richard contributed neither his wit nor his wisdom ...
... Poor Richard's Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin . For the most part , meteorological and astronomical material has been omitted , as well as a few factual articles to which Poor Richard contributed neither his wit nor his wisdom ...
Page 278
... Poor Richard says . They join'd in desiring him to speak his Mind , and gather- ing round him , he proceeded as follows ; 46 - " Friends , says he , and Neighbours ... Poverty soon overtakes him , as we read in Poor 278 Poor Richard : 1758.
... Poor Richard says . They join'd in desiring him to speak his Mind , and gather- ing round him , he proceeded as follows ; 46 - " Friends , says he , and Neighbours ... Poverty soon overtakes him , as we read in Poor 278 Poor Richard : 1758.
Page 279
... 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 . And , as Poor Richard likewise observes , He that ...
... 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 . And , as Poor Richard likewise observes , He that ...
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