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 60
... hope to govern the tongues of others ? AUGUST While faster than his costive Brain indites Philo's quick Hand in flowing Nonsence writes , His Case appears to me like honest Teague's , When he was run away with by his Legs . Phæbus ...
... hope to govern the tongues of others ? AUGUST While faster than his costive Brain indites Philo's quick Hand in flowing Nonsence writes , His Case appears to me like honest Teague's , When he was run away with by his Legs . Phæbus ...
Page 95
... Hope of future Gain ' twould yield , Two upstart Jacks in Office , proud and vain , Come riding by , and thus insult the Swain . You drudge , and sweat , and labour here , Old Boy , But we the Fruit of your hard Toil enjoy . Belike you ...
... Hope of future Gain ' twould yield , Two upstart Jacks in Office , proud and vain , Come riding by , and thus insult the Swain . You drudge , and sweat , and labour here , Old Boy , But we the Fruit of your hard Toil enjoy . Belike you ...
Page 247
... Hope , a serene Mind , a calm and undisturbed Conscience , which far out - relish the most studied artificial Luxuries . --- But here after , How will the sensual Mind its Loss sustain , When its gross Objects shall be sought in vain ...
... Hope , a serene Mind , a calm and undisturbed Conscience , which far out - relish the most studied artificial Luxuries . --- But here after , How will the sensual Mind its Loss sustain , When its gross Objects shall be sought in vain ...
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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