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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... . If you desire many things , many things will seem but a few . Mary's mouth costs her nothing , for she never opens it but at others expence . Receive before you write , but write before you pay 4I An Almanack , & c .
... . If you desire many things , many things will seem but a few . Mary's mouth costs her nothing , for she never opens it but at others expence . Receive before you write , but write before you pay 4I An Almanack , & c .
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The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Benjamin Franklin. Receive before you write , but write before you pay . I saw few die of Hunger , of Eating 100000 . DECEMBER O nearer the Earth in Winter than in Summer 15046 miles , ( his Lowness ...
The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Benjamin Franklin. Receive before you write , but write before you pay . I saw few die of Hunger , of Eating 100000 . DECEMBER O nearer the Earth in Winter than in Summer 15046 miles , ( his Lowness ...
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... Writing of Almanacks ; but notwithstanding his false Prediction , I have by the Mercy of God lived to write a Diary for the Year 1734 , and to publish the Folly and Ignorance of this presumptuous Author . Nay , he adds another gross ...
... Writing of Almanacks ; but notwithstanding his false Prediction , I have by the Mercy of God lived to write a Diary for the Year 1734 , and to publish the Folly and Ignorance of this presumptuous Author . Nay , he adds another gross ...
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