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 14
... Name , as I am assured , an Almanack for the Year 1734 , in which I am treated in a very gross and unhandsome Manner , in which I am called a false Predicter , an Ignorant , a conceited Scribler , a Fool , and a Lyar . Mr. Leeds was too ...
... Name , as I am assured , an Almanack for the Year 1734 , in which I am treated in a very gross and unhandsome Manner , in which I am called a false Predicter , an Ignorant , a conceited Scribler , a Fool , and a Lyar . Mr. Leeds was too ...
Page 141
... Name , War's glorious Art , and gives immortal Fame . Alliance ! O divine Renown ! O great With Death and Pestilence to share the Crown ! When Men extol a wild Destroyer's Name , Earth's Builder and Preserver they blaspheme . Better is ...
... Name , War's glorious Art , and gives immortal Fame . Alliance ! O divine Renown ! O great With Death and Pestilence to share the Crown ! When Men extol a wild Destroyer's Name , Earth's Builder and Preserver they blaspheme . Better is ...
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... Name ; Meer sluggish Rounds , to let Succession climb , Obscure , and idle Expletives of Time . [ Cont'd Aug. He that spills the Rum , loses that only ; He that drinks it , often loses both that and himself . That Ignorance makes devout ...
... Name ; Meer sluggish Rounds , to let Succession climb , Obscure , and idle Expletives of Time . [ Cont'd Aug. He that spills the Rum , loses that only ; He that drinks it , often loses both that and himself . That Ignorance makes devout ...
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