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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Defer not thy well - doing ; be not like St. George , who is always a horseback , and never rides on . Wish not so much to live long as to live well . oh SEPTEMBER These Lines may be read backward or forward .
Defer not thy well - doing ; be not like St. George , who is always a horseback , and never rides on . Wish not so much to live long as to live well . oh SEPTEMBER These Lines may be read backward or forward .
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Her Husband was a Shoemaker , and an excellent Craftsman , but never minded how the Minutes passed . In vain did she inculcate to him , That Time is Money . He had too much Wit to apprehend her , and it prov'd his Ruin .
Her Husband was a Shoemaker , and an excellent Craftsman , but never minded how the Minutes passed . In vain did she inculcate to him , That Time is Money . He had too much Wit to apprehend her , and it prov'd his Ruin .
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a h JANUARY On PUBLICK SPIRIT.27 Where never Science beam'd a friendly Ray , Where one vast Blank neglected Nature lay ; From PUBLICK SPIRIT there , by Arts employ'd , Creation , varying , glads the chearless Void .
a h JANUARY On PUBLICK SPIRIT.27 Where never Science beam'd a friendly Ray , Where one vast Blank neglected Nature lay ; From PUBLICK SPIRIT there , by Arts employ'd , Creation , varying , glads the chearless Void .
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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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