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 14
... dear Friend is no more ; for there appears in his Name , as I am assured , an Almanack for the Year 1734 , in which I am treated in a very gross and unhandsome Manner , in which I am called a false Predicter , an Ignorant , a conceited ...
... dear Friend is no more ; for there appears in his Name , as I am assured , an Almanack for the Year 1734 , in which I am treated in a very gross and unhandsome Manner , in which I am called a false Predicter , an Ignorant , a conceited ...
Page 79
... dear ; The strangest piece of News I hear ! A Law , ' tis said , will quickly pass , Το purge the matrimonial Class ; Cuckolds , if any such we have here Must to a Man be thrown i'th ' River . She smiling cry'd , My dear , you seem ...
... dear ; The strangest piece of News I hear ! A Law , ' tis said , will quickly pass , Το purge the matrimonial Class ; Cuckolds , if any such we have here Must to a Man be thrown i'th ' River . She smiling cry'd , My dear , you seem ...
Page 109
... dear Husband behind , But when Death appear'd with a sour Grimace , The Woman was dash'd at his thin hatchet Face ; So she made him a Courts'y , and modestly sed , If you come for my Husband , he lies there in Bed . Dick told his spouse ...
... dear Husband behind , But when Death appear'd with a sour Grimace , The Woman was dash'd at his thin hatchet Face ; So she made him a Courts'y , and modestly sed , If you come for my Husband , he lies there in Bed . Dick told his spouse ...
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