Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanacks, are a classic of American letters and were, in their day, an immensely popular and influential publication. In colonial America they were read by one out of every hundred people; in France alone they went through fifty-six editions. Many of the sayings and homilies in Poor Richard have become a permenant part of American folk wisdom. |
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... Cont'd May The Good - will of the Governed will be starv'd , if not fed by the good Deeds of the Governors . Paintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance . MAY Now views the awful Throne of antient Night , Then mounts exulting to ...
... Cont'd May The Good - will of the Governed will be starv'd , if not fed by the good Deeds of the Governors . Paintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance . MAY Now views the awful Throne of antient Night , Then mounts exulting to ...
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... Cont'd from Dec. 1753 Hail , infinite CREATOR ! with thy Praise The Muse began , with thee shall end my Lays , These are thy Works , blest Architect divine ! This Earth , and all this beauteous Offspring thine . Thy Breath first bid ...
... Cont'd from Dec. 1753 Hail , infinite CREATOR ! with thy Praise The Muse began , with thee shall end my Lays , These are thy Works , blest Architect divine ! This Earth , and all this beauteous Offspring thine . Thy Breath first bid ...
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... Cont'd July There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel . The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year , his Disposition never . JULY There from his forming Hand new Scenes arise , The fair Creation of his Fancy's Eye . Lo ! bosom'd in the ...
... Cont'd July There was never a good Knife made of bad Steel . The Wolf sheds his Coat once a Year , his Disposition never . JULY There from his forming Hand new Scenes arise , The fair Creation of his Fancy's Eye . Lo ! bosom'd in the ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd Dec Cont'd June Cont'd Nov Cont'd Oct Cont'd Sept Courteous READER Cyder dear Death Digits eclipsed divine drink e'er Earth Eclipses Edmund Waller Edward Young Fame Fire Folly Fools form'd Franklin Friend give Hand happy hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Hours JANUARY Julius Cæsar JULY keep Kind READER King Labour live Love Man's MARCH Mind Money Month Moon Nature ne'er Neighbours never Night Norman Rockwell Number o'er OCTOBER OLIVER CROMWELL Pain Planets Pleasure Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanack Pow'r Praise Pride Publick Reason rich rise round Saturn SAUNDERS Sense SEPTEMBER shine Soul Stars sweet thee there's Things thou thro Tongue Truth twill Van Wyck Brooks Virtue Want Wealth Wife Wisdom wise World