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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... Wealth , " composed of a string of adages from the al- manac . Poor Richard was supposed to have been at a country auction when a wise old man , Father Abraham , got up to speak . The people had been summoned by crier and bell and they ...
... Wealth , " composed of a string of adages from the al- manac . Poor Richard was supposed to have been at a country auction when a wise old man , Father Abraham , got up to speak . The people had been summoned by crier and bell and they ...
Page 19
... Wealth receive , Therefore that Wealth to Madmen's Hands I leave . There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous . Do good to thy Friend to keep him , to thy enemy to gain him . A good Man is seldom uneasy ...
... Wealth receive , Therefore that Wealth to Madmen's Hands I leave . There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous . Do good to thy Friend to keep him , to thy enemy to gain him . A good Man is seldom uneasy ...
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... Wealth , or wild Ambition's Sway Push forward , still regardless of the Way ; High and more high who aim with restless Pride , Where neither Reason nor fair Virtue guide ; And Him , the Wretch , who labours on with Pain , For the low ...
... Wealth , or wild Ambition's Sway Push forward , still regardless of the Way ; High and more high who aim with restless Pride , Where neither Reason nor fair Virtue guide ; And Him , the Wretch , who labours on with Pain , For the low ...
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