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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... live , and not live to eat . March windy , and April rainy , makes May the pleasantest month of any . JUNE " Observe the daily circle of the sun , 7 An Almanack , & c .
... live , and not live to eat . March windy , and April rainy , makes May the pleasantest month of any . JUNE " Observe the daily circle of the sun , 7 An Almanack , & c .
Page 21
... live sparingly need not be rich . If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy , govern yourself . A wicked Hero will turn ... lives by Shifts , can seldom shift himself . As sore places meet most rubs , proud folks meet 21 An Almanack , & c .
... live sparingly need not be rich . If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy , govern yourself . A wicked Hero will turn ... lives by Shifts , can seldom shift himself . As sore places meet most rubs , proud folks meet 21 An Almanack , & c .
Page 238
... live secure , Be moral , honest , virtuous - - tho ' but poor , Who walking still by Equity's just Rules , Detesting sordid Knaves , and flatt'ring Fools : Regarding neither Fortune , Pow'r , nor State , Nor ever wishing to be vainly ...
... live secure , Be moral , honest , virtuous - - tho ' but poor , Who walking still by Equity's just Rules , Detesting sordid Knaves , and flatt'ring Fools : Regarding neither Fortune , Pow'r , nor State , Nor ever wishing to be vainly ...
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