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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... ECLIPSES , 1735 I shall not say much of the Signification of the Eclipses this Year , for in truth they do not signifie much ; only I may observe by the way , that the first Eclipse of the Moon being celebrated in ~ Libra or the ...
... ECLIPSES , 1735 I shall not say much of the Signification of the Eclipses this Year , for in truth they do not signifie much ; only I may observe by the way , that the first Eclipse of the Moon being celebrated in ~ Libra or the ...
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... ECLIPSES , 1736 . There will be this Year six Eclipses , four of the Sun , and two of the Moon ; those of the Moon both visible and total . The first is a small Eclipse of the Sun , March the first , 35 minutes past 9 in the Morn ...
... ECLIPSES , 1736 . There will be this Year six Eclipses , four of the Sun , and two of the Moon ; those of the Moon both visible and total . The first is a small Eclipse of the Sun , March the first , 35 minutes past 9 in the Morn ...
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... Eclipses of the Moon and of the Sun , viz . All Lunar Eclipses are uni- versal , i . e . visible in all Parts of the Globe which have the Moon above their Horizon , and are every where of the same Magnitude : But Eclipses of the Sun do ...
... Eclipses of the Moon and of the Sun , viz . All Lunar Eclipses are uni- versal , i . e . visible in all Parts of the Globe which have the Moon above their Horizon , and are every where of the same Magnitude : But Eclipses of the Sun do ...
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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