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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Page 26
... Death at the Time I predicted it . Secondly , ' Twas requisite and necessary he should die punctually at that Time , for the Honour of Astrology , the Art professed both by him and his Father before him . Thirdly , ' Tis plain to every ...
... Death at the Time I predicted it . Secondly , ' Twas requisite and necessary he should die punctually at that Time , for the Honour of Astrology , the Art professed both by him and his Father before him . Thirdly , ' Tis plain to every ...
Page 51
... Death all three : Death takes both the weak and the strong . The lawyer takes from both right and wrong , And the priest from living and dead has his Fee . The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise . AUGUST On his Death - bed ...
... Death all three : Death takes both the weak and the strong . The lawyer takes from both right and wrong , And the priest from living and dead has his Fee . The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise . AUGUST On his Death - bed ...
Page 298
... Death , and his writing an Almanack ( I suppose at his Wifes Request ) as he himself says , she has got a Pot of her own and not longer obliged to borrow one from a Neighbour , she has got also two new Shifts , a pair of new Shoes and a ...
... Death , and his writing an Almanack ( I suppose at his Wifes Request ) as he himself says , she has got a Pot of her own and not longer obliged to borrow one from a Neighbour , she has got also two new Shifts , a pair of new Shoes and a ...
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