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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... Truth they know not how to bend their Tongue ; And tho ' sometimes their Ends Truth best would answer Yet Lies come uppermost , do what they can , Sir , Mendacio delights in telling News , And that it may be such , himself doth use To ...
... Truth they know not how to bend their Tongue ; And tho ' sometimes their Ends Truth best would answer Yet Lies come uppermost , do what they can , Sir , Mendacio delights in telling News , And that it may be such , himself doth use To ...
Page 288
... Truth invade thy tender Ear , We pity still ; for thou no Truth can'st hear . Ne'er grudg'd thy Wealth to swell an useless State , Yet , frugal , deems th ' Expence of Friends too great ; For Friends ne'er mixing in ambitious Strife ...
... Truth invade thy tender Ear , We pity still ; for thou no Truth can'st hear . Ne'er grudg'd thy Wealth to swell an useless State , Yet , frugal , deems th ' Expence of Friends too great ; For Friends ne'er mixing in ambitious Strife ...
Page 289
... Truth refin'd , Pour all its boundless Ardours thro ' your Mind . By yours the Care a chosen Band to gain ; With them to Glory's radiant Summit strain , Aiding and aided each , while all contend , Who best , who bravest , shall assist ...
... Truth refin'd , Pour all its boundless Ardours thro ' your Mind . By yours the Care a chosen Band to gain ; With them to Glory's radiant Summit strain , Aiding and aided each , while all contend , Who best , who bravest , shall assist ...
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