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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Betwixt the midst and these , the Gods assign'd Two habitable seats for humane kind . ” > Take counsel in wine , but resolve afterwards in water . He that drinks fast , pays slow . Great famine when wolves eat wolves .
Betwixt the midst and these , the Gods assign'd Two habitable seats for humane kind . ” > Take counsel in wine , but resolve afterwards in water . He that drinks fast , pays slow . Great famine when wolves eat wolves .
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Be kind and virtuous , you'll be blest and wise . Courage would fight , but Discretion won't let him . Delicate Dick ! whisper'd the Proclamation . Cornelius ought to be Tacitus . JUNE O , form'd Heav'n's Dictates nobly to rehearse ...
Be kind and virtuous , you'll be blest and wise . Courage would fight , but Discretion won't let him . Delicate Dick ! whisper'd the Proclamation . Cornelius ought to be Tacitus . JUNE O , form'd Heav'n's Dictates nobly to rehearse ...
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... utter demolishing of all Sense in those Lines , leaving nothing standing but the Rhime . " These , and some others , of the like kind , let the Readers forgive , or rebuke him for , as to their Wisdom and Goodness shall seem meet ...
... utter demolishing of all Sense in those Lines , leaving nothing standing but the Rhime . " These , and some others , of the like kind , let the Readers forgive , or rebuke him for , as to their Wisdom and Goodness shall seem meet ...
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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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