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 149
... Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night ; God said , Let NEWTON be , and all was light . APRIL On EDUCATION all our Lives depend ; And few to that , too few , with Care attend : Soon as Mamma permits her darling Joy To quit her Knee ...
... Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night ; God said , Let NEWTON be , and all was light . APRIL On EDUCATION all our Lives depend ; And few to that , too few , with Care attend : Soon as Mamma permits her darling Joy To quit her Knee ...
Page 227
... nature . FEBRUARY Thy potent Word infus'd the solar Light , And spread the Curtain of refreshing Night ; With splendid Orbs enrich'd the Void profound , Rang'd the bright Worlds , and roll'd their Courses round . O sing his Praises then ...
... nature . FEBRUARY Thy potent Word infus'd the solar Light , And spread the Curtain of refreshing Night ; With splendid Orbs enrich'd the Void profound , Rang'd the bright Worlds , and roll'd their Courses round . O sing his Praises then ...
Page 269
... Nature but few does for that Task design ; ' Tis in the ablest Hand a dangerous Tool , But never fails to wound the meddling Fool : For all must grant it needs no common Art To keep Men patient while we make them smart . Not wit alone ...
... Nature but few does for that Task design ; ' Tis in the ablest Hand a dangerous Tool , But never fails to wound the meddling Fool : For all must grant it needs no common Art To keep Men patient while we make them smart . Not wit alone ...
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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