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 154
Observe , the precept is hear much , not speak much . Herbert , the poet , says , a well - bred guest , Will no more talk all than eat all the feast . And , When you do speak , says another , speak to the purpose ; Or else to what ...
Observe , the precept is hear much , not speak much . Herbert , the poet , says , a well - bred guest , Will no more talk all than eat all the feast . And , When you do speak , says another , speak to the purpose ; Or else to what ...
Page 233
His great Distance from us has . hitherto prevented Astronomers from observing his Revolution on his own Axis . To make the Appearance he does to us , at the Distance of above 700 Millions of Miles , he must be several Hundreds of Times ...
His great Distance from us has . hitherto prevented Astronomers from observing his Revolution on his own Axis . To make the Appearance he does to us , at the Distance of above 700 Millions of Miles , he must be several Hundreds of Times ...
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Now to save this Half , observe these few Directions . 1. When you incline to have new Cloaths , look first well over the old Ones , and see if you cannot shift with them another Year , either by Scouring , Mending , or even Patching if ...
Now to save this Half , observe these few Directions . 1. When you incline to have new Cloaths , look first well over the old Ones , and see if you cannot shift with them another Year , either by Scouring , Mending , or even Patching if ...
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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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