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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... Pride , that never - failing Vice of Fools . Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd , She gives in large Recruits of needful Pride ; For as in Bodies , thus in Souls we find What wants in Blood & Spirits , swell'd with Wind . Hear Reason ...
... Pride , that never - failing Vice of Fools . Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd , She gives in large Recruits of needful Pride ; For as in Bodies , thus in Souls we find What wants in Blood & Spirits , swell'd with Wind . Hear Reason ...
Page 200
... Pride - in others . [ Finis Who judges best of a Man , his Enemies or himself ? Drunkenness , that worst of Evils , makes some Men Fools , some Beasts , some Devils . ' Tis not a Holiday that's not kept holy . 1 On the 6th of this Month ...
... Pride - in others . [ Finis Who judges best of a Man , his Enemies or himself ? Drunkenness , that worst of Evils , makes some Men Fools , some Beasts , some Devils . ' Tis not a Holiday that's not kept holy . 1 On the 6th of this Month ...
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... Pride , Rich with whate'er the imitative Arts , Painting or Sculpture , yield to charm the Eye ; Nor shining Heaps of massy Plate , enwrought With curious , costly Workmanship , allure . Tempted nor with the Pride nor Pomp of Power ...
... Pride , Rich with whate'er the imitative Arts , Painting or Sculpture , yield to charm the Eye ; Nor shining Heaps of massy Plate , enwrought With curious , costly Workmanship , allure . Tempted nor with the Pride nor Pomp of Power ...
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