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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Well done is better than well said . Fine linnen , girls and gold so bright . Chuse not to take by candle - light . He that can travel well afoot , keeps a good horse . There are no ugly Loves , nor handsome Prisons .
Well done is better than well said . Fine linnen , girls and gold so bright . Chuse not to take by candle - light . He that can travel well afoot , keeps a good horse . There are no ugly Loves , nor handsome Prisons .
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To Christians bad rude Indians we prefer ; ' Tis better not to know , than knowing err . Many a Man would have been worse , if his Estate had been better . a We may give Advice , but we cannot give Conduct . MARCH Some sweet Employ for ...
To Christians bad rude Indians we prefer ; ' Tis better not to know , than knowing err . Many a Man would have been worse , if his Estate had been better . a We may give Advice , but we cannot give Conduct . MARCH Some sweet Employ for ...
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So what signifies wishing and hoping for better Times . We may make these Times better if we bestir ourselves . Industry need not wish , as Poor Richard says , and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting .
So what signifies wishing and hoping for better Times . We may make these Times better if we bestir ourselves . Industry need not wish , as Poor Richard says , and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting .
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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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