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 42
... 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 . Scarcely visible in these Parts . The second is an Eclipse of the Moon , March 15 , beginning ...
... 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 . Scarcely visible in these Parts . The second is an Eclipse of the Moon , March 15 , beginning ...
Page 53
... Moon , March 5. at 10 h . 34 m . in the morning , therefore invisible here . The third is of the Sun , Aug. 14. at 7 h . 30 m . P.M. invisible also . The fourth is a visible Defect of the Moon , Aug. 28. beginning 9 h . 40 m . P.M. the ...
... Moon , March 5. at 10 h . 34 m . in the morning , therefore invisible here . The third is of the Sun , Aug. 14. at 7 h . 30 m . P.M. invisible also . The fourth is a visible Defect of the Moon , Aug. 28. beginning 9 h . 40 m . P.M. the ...
Page 122
... Moon . The like is to be observed at any other time by the rising and setting of the Planets , and their Conjunctions with the Moon ; by which Method they may be distinctly known from the fixed Stars . I have nothing further to add at ...
... Moon . The like is to be observed at any other time by the rising and setting of the Planets , and their Conjunctions with the Moon ; by which Method they may be distinctly known from the fixed Stars . I have nothing further to add at ...
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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