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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Soon to be the chief printer of the province , and the most genial and cheerful of men , he was full of homely wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey ...
Soon to be the chief printer of the province , and the most genial and cheerful of men , he was full of homely wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey ...
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AUGUST Can Gold calm Passion , or make Reason shine ; Can we dig Peace or Wisdom from the Mine ? Wisdom to Gold prefer , for ' tis much less To make our Fortune , than our Happiness . That Happiness which Great Ones often see ...
AUGUST Can Gold calm Passion , or make Reason shine ; Can we dig Peace or Wisdom from the Mine ? Wisdom to Gold prefer , for ' tis much less To make our Fortune , than our Happiness . That Happiness which Great Ones often see ...
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If we consider the immense Distance of the fixed Stars , and consequently , the Magnitude they must be of , to be visible by us at this Distance , we can hardly suppose the Divine Wisdom , which does nothing in vain , has created such ...
If we consider the immense Distance of the fixed Stars , and consequently , the Magnitude they must be of , to be visible by us at this Distance , we can hardly suppose the Divine Wisdom , which does nothing in vain , has created such ...
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| Title | Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Masterpieces of American literature |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustrated by | Norman Rockwell |
| Contributors | Van Wyck Brooks, Limited Editions Club, Sign of the Stone Book (Firm) |
| Publisher | Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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