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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... Poor Richard says . They join'd in desiring him to speak his Mind , and gather- ing round him , he proceeded as follows ; 46 " Friends , says he , and Neighbours ... Poverty soon overtakes him , as we read in Poor 278 Poor Richard : 1758.
... Poor Richard says . They join'd in desiring him to speak his Mind , and gather- ing round him , he proceeded as follows ; 46 " Friends , says he , and Neighbours ... Poverty soon overtakes him , as we read in Poor 278 Poor Richard : 1758.
Page 279
... Poor Richard says , and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting . There are no Gains , without Pains ; then Help Hands , for I have no Lands , or if I have , they are smartly taxed . And , as Poor Richard likewise observes , He that ...
... Poor Richard says , and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting . There are no Gains , without Pains ; then Help Hands , for I have no Lands , or if I have , they are smartly taxed . And , as Poor Richard likewise observes , He that ...
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... Poor Richard says , Buy what thou hast no Need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries . And again , At a great Pennyworth pause a while : He means , that perhaps the Cheapness is apparent only , and not ... Poor Richard : 1758.
... Poor Richard says , Buy what thou hast no Need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries . And again , At a great Pennyworth pause a while : He means , that perhaps the Cheapness is apparent only , and not ... Poor Richard : 1758.
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