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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Page 37
... Wife provok'd him once ; he broke her Crown , The Surgeon's Bill amounted to Five Pound ; This Blow ( she brags ) has cost my Husband dear , He'll ne'er strike more . Sam chanc'd to over - hear . Therefore before his Wife the Bill he ...
... Wife provok'd him once ; he broke her Crown , The Surgeon's Bill amounted to Five Pound ; This Blow ( she brags ) has cost my Husband dear , He'll ne'er strike more . Sam chanc'd to over - hear . Therefore before his Wife the Bill he ...
Page 118
... WIFE is the peculiar Gift of Heav'n . Vain Fortune's Favours , never at a Stay , Like empty Shadows , pass , and glide away ; One solid Comfort , our eternal Wife , Abundantly supplies us all our Life : This Blessing lasts ( if those ...
... WIFE is the peculiar Gift of Heav'n . Vain Fortune's Favours , never at a Stay , Like empty Shadows , pass , and glide away ; One solid Comfort , our eternal Wife , Abundantly supplies us all our Life : This Blessing lasts ( if those ...
Page 200
... Wife 120 , in a perfect State of Health till the Day of their Deaths . He out - liv'd 5 Leases of 21 Years each , all made after his Marriage . Thomas Parr , married his first Wife at 80 Years of Age , by whom he had two Children ; his ...
... Wife 120 , in a perfect State of Health till the Day of their Deaths . He out - liv'd 5 Leases of 21 Years each , all made after his Marriage . Thomas Parr , married his first Wife at 80 Years of Age , by whom he had two Children ; his ...
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