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 83
Avoid dishonest Gain : No price Can recompence the Pangs of Vice . When befriended , remember it : When you befriend , forget it . Great souls with gen'rous pity melt ; Which coward tyrants never felt . DECEMBER - O blessed Season ...
Avoid dishonest Gain : No price Can recompence the Pangs of Vice . When befriended , remember it : When you befriend , forget it . Great souls with gen'rous pity melt ; Which coward tyrants never felt . DECEMBER - O blessed Season ...
Page 259
Always himself , nought can his Virtue move , Unsway'd by Party , Hatred , Gain , or Love . So the tall Summit of Olympus knows , Nor raging Hurricanes , nor hoary Snows ; But high , in the superior Skies , is seen , Above the Clouds ...
Always himself , nought can his Virtue move , Unsway'd by Party , Hatred , Gain , or Love . So the tall Summit of Olympus knows , Nor raging Hurricanes , nor hoary Snows ; But high , in the superior Skies , is seen , Above the Clouds ...
Page 266
For not being able to gain Mens Trust , he cannot gain their Concurrence ; and so is left alone to act singly and upon his own Bottom ; and while that is the Sphere of his Activity , all that he can do must needs be contemptible .
For not being able to gain Mens Trust , he cannot gain their Concurrence ; and so is left alone to act singly and upon his own Bottom ; and while that is the Sphere of his Activity , all that he can do must needs be contemptible .
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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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