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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... Man could have , Proud , Lazy , Sot , could neither get nor save , Eternal Scold she was , and what is worse , The D - I burn thee , was her common Curse . Forbear , quoth Sam , that fruitless Curse so common 30 Poor Richard : 1735.
... Man could have , Proud , Lazy , Sot , could neither get nor save , Eternal Scold she was , and what is worse , The D - I burn thee , was her common Curse . Forbear , quoth Sam , that fruitless Curse so common 30 Poor Richard : 1735.
Page 223
... common Objection against the Earth's Motion , that we are not sensible of it , and that a Stone thrown up from the Earth ought not to fall down upon the same Place again ; it is answered at once by the above Com- parison of a Ship ...
... common Objection against the Earth's Motion , that we are not sensible of it , and that a Stone thrown up from the Earth ought not to fall down upon the same Place again ; it is answered at once by the above Com- parison of a Ship ...
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... common Sense would hazard for a lively Expression ; much less a person of good Breeding , who should make it his chief Aim to be well with all . Like some grave Matron of a noble Line , With awful Beauty does Religion shine . Just Sense ...
... common Sense would hazard for a lively Expression ; much less a person of good Breeding , who should make it his chief Aim to be well with all . Like some grave Matron of a noble Line , With awful Beauty does Religion shine . Just Sense ...
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