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 14
... Stars only show to the Skilful , what will happen in the natural and universal Chain of Causes and Effects ; but ' tis well known , that the Events which would otherwise certainly happen at cer- tain Times in the Course of Nature , are ...
... Stars only show to the Skilful , what will happen in the natural and universal Chain of Causes and Effects ; but ' tis well known , that the Events which would otherwise certainly happen at cer- tain Times in the Course of Nature , are ...
Page 64
... Stars ! Even the smallest Things are written there , if you had but Skill to read . When my Brother J - m - n erected a Scheme to know which was best for his sick Horse , to sup a new - laid Egg , or a little Broth , he found that the Stars ...
... Stars ! Even the smallest Things are written there , if you had but Skill to read . When my Brother J - m - n erected a Scheme to know which was best for his sick Horse , to sup a new - laid Egg , or a little Broth , he found that the Stars ...
Page 121
... Stars , by observing the following Directions . All those glittering Stars ( except five ) which we see in the Firma- ment of Heaven , are called fixed Stars , because they keep the same Dis- tance from one another , and from the ...
... Stars , by observing the following Directions . All those glittering Stars ( except five ) which we see in the Firma- ment of Heaven , are called fixed Stars , because they keep the same Dis- tance from one another , and from the ...
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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