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 46
... Money ill laid out , tho ' the Almanack of his Friend and Servant R. SAUNDERS were one half blank Paper . HINTS for those that would be Rich . The use of Money is all the Advantage there is in having Money . For 61. a Year , you may ...
... Money ill laid out , tho ' the Almanack of his Friend and Servant R. SAUNDERS were one half blank Paper . HINTS for those that would be Rich . The use of Money is all the Advantage there is in having Money . For 61. a Year , you may ...
Page 47
... Money , might let that Money out to use : so that He that possesses any Thing he has bought , pays Interest for the Use of it . Consider then , when you are tempted to buy any unneces- sary Housholdstuff , or any superfluous thing ...
... Money , might let that Money out to use : so that He that possesses any Thing he has bought , pays Interest for the Use of it . Consider then , when you are tempted to buy any unneces- sary Housholdstuff , or any superfluous thing ...
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... Money in your Pocket , is better and more creditable than a Writ on your Back , and no Money to take it off . 2. When you incline to buy China Ware , Chinces , India Silks , or any other of their flimsey slight Manufactures ; I would ...
... Money in your Pocket , is better and more creditable than a Writ on your Back , and no Money to take it off . 2. When you incline to buy China Ware , Chinces , India Silks , or any other of their flimsey slight Manufactures ; I would ...
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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