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 36
... Reason wouldst thou find Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy Mother Earth , why Oaks are made , Taller or stronger ...
... Reason wouldst thou find Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy Mother Earth , why Oaks are made , Taller or stronger ...
Page 246
... Reason it is so dishonourable to be otherwise ; as Waller handsomely expresses it , Of all the Virtues , Justice is the best , Valour , without it , is a common Pest ; Pirates and Thieves , too oft with Courage grac'd , Shew us how ill ...
... Reason it is so dishonourable to be otherwise ; as Waller handsomely expresses it , Of all the Virtues , Justice is the best , Valour , without it , is a common Pest ; Pirates and Thieves , too oft with Courage grac'd , Shew us how ill ...
Page 285
... Reason , she'll surely rap your Knuckles . Thus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue . The People heard it , and approved the Doctrine , and immediately practised the contrary , just as if it had been a common Sermon ; for the Vendue ...
... Reason , she'll surely rap your Knuckles . Thus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue . The People heard it , and approved the Doctrine , and immediately practised the contrary , just as if it had been a common Sermon ; for the Vendue ...
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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