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 37
... happy Nature to explore , The Fool is happy that he knows no more . The Rich are happy in the Plenty given ; The Poor contents him with the Care of Heav'n . Thus does some Comfort ev'ry State attend . And Pride's bestow'd on all , a ...
... happy Nature to explore , The Fool is happy that he knows no more . The Rich are happy in the Plenty given ; The Poor contents him with the Care of Heav'n . Thus does some Comfort ev'ry State attend . And Pride's bestow'd on all , a ...
Page 238
... HAPPY MAN.29 Sure Peace is his : A solid Life , estrang'd To Disappointment and fallacious Hope , Rich in Content . THOMSON . Happy the Man , who free from noisy Sports , And all the Pomp and Pageantry of Courts : Far from the venal ...
... HAPPY MAN.29 Sure Peace is his : A solid Life , estrang'd To Disappointment and fallacious Hope , Rich in Content . THOMSON . Happy the Man , who free from noisy Sports , And all the Pomp and Pageantry of Courts : Far from the venal ...
Page 274
... happy in any State , can be so in no State . To be happy , they tell us we must be content . Right . But they do not teach how we may become content . Poor Richard shall give you a short good Rule for that . To be content , look ...
... happy in any State , can be so in no State . To be happy , they tell us we must be content . Right . But they do not teach how we may become content . Poor Richard shall give you a short good Rule for that . To be content , look ...
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