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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O stay ! thou happy Spirit , stay , And lead me on thro ' all th ' unbeaten Wilds of Day ; Where Planets in pure Streams of Ether driven , Swim thro ' the blue Expanse of Heav'n . There let me , thy Companion , stray From Orb to Orb ...
O stay ! thou happy Spirit , stay , And lead me on thro ' all th ' unbeaten Wilds of Day ; Where Planets in pure Streams of Ether driven , Swim thro ' the blue Expanse of Heav'n . There let me , thy Companion , stray From Orb to Orb ...
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Transit of Mercury over the Sun , April 25 , 1753 , which will be visible thro ' that Empire . From the Comet of A. D. 1456 , 1531 , 1607 , and 1682 , which will appear again about 1757 ending , or 1758 beginning , and will also be ...
Transit of Mercury over the Sun , April 25 , 1753 , which will be visible thro ' that Empire . From the Comet of A. D. 1456 , 1531 , 1607 , and 1682 , which will appear again about 1757 ending , or 1758 beginning , and will also be ...
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A safe Companion , and an easy Friend , Belov'd thro ' Life , lamented in thy End : These are thy Honours ; Not that here thy Bust Is mix'd with Heroes , or with Kings thy Dust ; But that the Worthy , and the Good shall say , Striking ...
A safe Companion , and an easy Friend , Belov'd thro ' Life , lamented in thy End : These are thy Honours ; Not that here thy Bust Is mix'd with Heroes , or with Kings thy Dust ; But that the Worthy , and the Good shall say , Striking ...
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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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