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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... would answer Yet Lies come uppermost , do what they can , Sir , Mendacio delights in telling News , And that it may be such , himself doth use To make it ; but he now no longer need ; Let him tell Truth , it will be News indeed .
... would answer Yet Lies come uppermost , do what they can , Sir , Mendacio delights in telling News , And that it may be such , himself doth use To make it ; but he now no longer need ; Let him tell Truth , it will be News indeed .
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To whom thy secret thou dost tell , To him thy freedom thou dost sell . HE OCTOBER 1 On T. T. who destroy'd his Landlord's fine Wood . Indulgent Nature to each kind bestows , A secret Instinct to discern its Foes : The Goose , a silly ...
To whom thy secret thou dost tell , To him thy freedom thou dost sell . HE OCTOBER 1 On T. T. who destroy'd his Landlord's fine Wood . Indulgent Nature to each kind bestows , A secret Instinct to discern its Foes : The Goose , a silly ...
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Whither she's gone we cannot tell ; For , if she talks not , she's in Hell : If she's in Heaven , she's there unblest , Because she hates a Place of Rest . Let thy vices die before thee . Keep your eyes wide open before marriage ...
Whither she's gone we cannot tell ; For , if she talks not , she's in Hell : If she's in Heaven , she's there unblest , Because she hates a Place of Rest . Let thy vices die before thee . Keep your eyes wide open before marriage ...
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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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