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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... true ( quoth Will ) the World no such affords . And that its true I durst his warrant be ; For ne'er heard I of Woman good or ill , But always loved best , her own sweet Will . Beware of meat twice boil'd , & an old foe reconcil'd ...
... true ( quoth Will ) the World no such affords . And that its true I durst his warrant be ; For ne'er heard I of Woman good or ill , But always loved best , her own sweet Will . Beware of meat twice boil'd , & an old foe reconcil'd ...
Page 119
... true ; Blunt Truths more Mischief than nice Falshoods do . Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And Things unknown propos'd as Things forgot ; Without Good Breeding Truth is disapprov'd That only makes superior Sense belov'd ...
... true ; Blunt Truths more Mischief than nice Falshoods do . Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And Things unknown propos'd as Things forgot ; Without Good Breeding Truth is disapprov'd That only makes superior Sense belov'd ...
Page 256
... true , Satire still just , and Humour ever new . Above Temptation , in a low Estate , And uncorrupted , ev'n among the Great . A safe Companion , and an easy Friend , Belov'd thro ' Life , lamented in thy End : These are thy Honours ...
... true , Satire still just , and Humour ever new . Above Temptation , in a low Estate , And uncorrupted , ev'n among the Great . A safe Companion , and an easy Friend , Belov'd thro ' Life , lamented in thy End : These are thy Honours ...
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