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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 35
Page 26
... October 1733 , which is as untrue as the former . " Now if it be , as Leeds says , untrue and a gross Falshood that he surviv'd till the 26th of October 1733 , then it is certainly true that he died before that Time : And if he died ...
... October 1733 , which is as untrue as the former . " Now if it be , as Leeds says , untrue and a gross Falshood that he surviv'd till the 26th of October 1733 , then it is certainly true that he died before that Time : And if he died ...
Page 75
... OCTOBER 7. 1739 . Y Courteous READER , OU may remember that in my first Almanack , published for the Year 1733 , I predicted the Death of my dear Friend Titan Leeds , Philomat . to happen that Year on the 17th Day of October , 3 h . 29 ...
... OCTOBER 7. 1739 . Y Courteous READER , OU may remember that in my first Almanack , published for the Year 1733 , I predicted the Death of my dear Friend Titan Leeds , Philomat . to happen that Year on the 17th Day of October , 3 h . 29 ...
Page 297
... October , 1733. At 22 min . past 3 a - Clock in the Afternoon , and that these Provinces may not expect to see any more of his ( Titan Leeds ) Performances , and this precise Predicter , who predicts to a Minute , proposes to succeed me ...
... October , 1733. At 22 min . past 3 a - Clock in the Afternoon , and that these Provinces may not expect to see any more of his ( Titan Leeds ) Performances , and this precise Predicter , who predicts to a Minute , proposes to succeed me ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd Dec Cont'd July 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 JUNE 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