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 . was a common popular phrase . " " In the twenty - fifth almanac , in 1758 , Franklin went through the previous issues and made up a harangue , “ Father Abraham's Speech " or " The Way to Wealth , " composed of a ...
... Poor Richard says . was a common popular phrase . " " In the twenty - fifth almanac , in 1758 , Franklin went through the previous issues and made up a harangue , “ Father Abraham's Speech " or " The Way to Wealth , " composed of a ...
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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 , the Taxes are indeed very heavy , and if those laid on by the ...
... 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 , the Taxes are indeed very heavy , and if those laid on by the ...
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... Poor Richard says , a Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things . Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour ? No , for as Poor Richard says , Trouble springs from Idleness , and grievous Toil from ...
... Poor Richard says , a Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things . Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour ? No , for as Poor Richard says , Trouble springs from Idleness , and grievous Toil from ...
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