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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Page 61
... Wish a miser long life , and you wish him no good . None but the well bred man knows how to confess a fault , or acknowledge himself in an error . Drive thy business ; let not that drive thee . There is much difference between imitating ...
... Wish a miser long life , and you wish him no good . None but the well bred man knows how to confess a fault , or acknowledge himself in an error . Drive thy business ; let not that drive thee . There is much difference between imitating ...
Page 198
... wish to stretch this narrow Span , To suffer Life beyond the Date of Man ? The virtuous Soul pursues a nobler Aim ... wishes to get free , To launch from Earth into ETERNITY . For while the boundless Theme extends our Thought , Ten ...
... wish to stretch this narrow Span , To suffer Life beyond the Date of Man ? The virtuous Soul pursues a nobler Aim ... wishes to get free , To launch from Earth into ETERNITY . For while the boundless Theme extends our Thought , Ten ...
Page 210
... Wishes , he would double his Troubles . NOVEMBER ' Let Those , whose Sorrows from Neglect are known , ( Here taught compell'd empower'd ) Neglect attone ! Let Those enjoy ( who never merit Woes ) In Youth th ' industrious Wish , in Age ...
... Wishes , he would double his Troubles . NOVEMBER ' Let Those , whose Sorrows from Neglect are known , ( Here taught compell'd empower'd ) Neglect attone ! Let Those enjoy ( who never merit Woes ) In Youth th ' industrious Wish , in Age ...
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