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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Against the 6th Day of January you may see o rise 10 35 , which signifies the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 o'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will ...
Against the 6th Day of January you may see o rise 10 35 , which signifies the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 o'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will ...
Page 172
Nor trivial Loss , nor trivial Gain despise ; Molehills , if often heap'd , to Mountains rise : Weigh every small Expence , and nothing waste , Farthings long sav'd , amount to Pounds at last . The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice !
Nor trivial Loss , nor trivial Gain despise ; Molehills , if often heap'd , to Mountains rise : Weigh every small Expence , and nothing waste , Farthings long sav'd , amount to Pounds at last . The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice !
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Where haunts the Bittern , and where screams the Mew , Where prowls the Wolf , where rollid the Serpent lies , Shall solemn Fanes , and Halls of Justice rise . And Towns shall open ( all of Structure fair ! ) ...
Where haunts the Bittern , and where screams the Mew , Where prowls the Wolf , where rollid the Serpent lies , Shall solemn Fanes , and Halls of Justice rise . And Towns shall open ( all of Structure fair ! ) ...
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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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