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 62
... Night - cap on this Morning , should be out of Bed before him to watch his Rising ; and perhaps after all may be disappointed , by his intercepting Window- Curtains . You will excuse me , dear Readers , that I afford you no Eclipses of ...
... Night - cap on this Morning , should be out of Bed before him to watch his Rising ; and perhaps after all may be disappointed , by his intercepting Window- Curtains . You will excuse me , dear Readers , that I afford you no Eclipses of ...
Page 122
... Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will find sets 7 13 , which shows Venus sets 13 Minutes after 7 o'Clock at Night . If you look towards the West that Evening , you may ...
... Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will find sets 7 13 , which shows Venus sets 13 Minutes after 7 o'Clock at Night . If you look towards the West that Evening , you may ...
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... Night . The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd , Proclaims th ' exhaustless Hand , the Hand of God . Nor less thy Glory in th ' etherial Spheres , Nor less thy ruling Providence appears . There from on high the gentle Moon by Night ...
... Night . The Gift of Life thus boundlesly bestow'd , Proclaims th ' exhaustless Hand , the Hand of God . Nor less thy Glory in th ' etherial Spheres , Nor less thy ruling Providence appears . There from on high the gentle Moon by Night ...
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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