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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To Friend , Lawyer , Doctor , tell plain your whole Case ; Nor think on bad Matters to put a good Face : How can they advise , if they see but a Part ? ' Tis very ill driving black Hogs in the dark . On the ist of this month Anno 1690 ...
To Friend , Lawyer , Doctor , tell plain your whole Case ; Nor think on bad Matters to put a good Face : How can they advise , if they see but a Part ? ' Tis very ill driving black Hogs in the dark . On the ist of this month Anno 1690 ...
Page 181
A plain , clean , and decent Habit , proportioned to one's Circumstances , is one Mark of Wisdom . Gay Cloathing so generally betokens a light and empty Mind , that we are surpriz'd if we chance to find good Sense under that disguise .
A plain , clean , and decent Habit , proportioned to one's Circumstances , is one Mark of Wisdom . Gay Cloathing so generally betokens a light and empty Mind , that we are surpriz'd if we chance to find good Sense under that disguise .
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Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary Waste Affrighted to their Holds return in Haste , To Man give up the World , his native Reign , Who then resumes his Pow'r , and rules the Plain . How various are thy Works , Creator wise !
Then the lone Wand'rers of the dreary Waste Affrighted to their Holds return in Haste , To Man give up the World , his native Reign , Who then resumes his Pow'r , and rules the Plain . How various are thy Works , Creator wise !
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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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