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 156
... world , man being so called , as containing within himself the four elements of the greater , & c . & c . I here explain Greek to thee by English , which , I think , is rather a more intelligible way , than explaining English by Greek ...
... world , man being so called , as containing within himself the four elements of the greater , & c . & c . I here explain Greek to thee by English , which , I think , is rather a more intelligible way , than explaining English by Greek ...
Page 235
... World of Light and Heat , with its System of Planets , Moons and Comets going round it ; and if all those Planets and Moons be Worlds inhabited by various Orders of Beings , enjoying or preparing themselves for such Degrees of Happiness ...
... World of Light and Heat , with its System of Planets , Moons and Comets going round it ; and if all those Planets and Moons be Worlds inhabited by various Orders of Beings , enjoying or preparing themselves for such Degrees of Happiness ...
Page 276
... World , to such a Fire , being no more than a Wasp's Nest thrown into an Oven . But our Comfort is , the same great Power that made the Universe , governs it by his Providence . And such terrible Catastrophes will not happen till ' tis ...
... World , to such a Fire , being no more than a Wasp's Nest thrown into an Oven . But our Comfort is , the same great Power that made the Universe , governs it by his Providence . And such terrible Catastrophes will not happen till ' tis ...
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