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 89
... SEPTEMBER The Monarch , when his Table's spread , To th ' Farmer is oblig'd for Bread ; And when in all his Glory drest , Owes to the Loom his royal Vest : Do not the Mason's Toil and Care Protect him from th ' inclement Air ? Does not ...
... SEPTEMBER The Monarch , when his Table's spread , To th ' Farmer is oblig'd for Bread ; And when in all his Glory drest , Owes to the Loom his royal Vest : Do not the Mason's Toil and Care Protect him from th ' inclement Air ? Does not ...
Page 203
... September , 29. X. October , 31. XI . November , 29. XII . December , 29 ; in all 355 Days , which came short of the common Solar Year by ten Days ; so that its Beginning was vague and unfixed . Numa , however , desiring to have it ...
... September , 29. X. October , 31. XI . November , 29. XII . December , 29 ; in all 355 Days , which came short of the common Solar Year by ten Days ; so that its Beginning was vague and unfixed . Numa , however , desiring to have it ...
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... floweth where it listeth . SEPTEMBER Her Country all beneath one ambient Sky : Whoe'er beholds yon radiant Orb on high , To whom one Sun impartial gives the Day , To whom the Silver Moon her milder Ray , Whom 289 An Almanack , & c .
... floweth where it listeth . SEPTEMBER Her Country all beneath one ambient Sky : Whoe'er beholds yon radiant Orb on high , To whom one Sun impartial gives the Day , To whom the Silver Moon her milder Ray , Whom 289 An Almanack , & c .
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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