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 55
... thought , so it was . And truly , ( for want of somewhat else to say , I suppose ) he had put into his Preface , that his Wife Bridget - was this , and that , and t'other . -What a pease - cods ! cannot I have a little Fault or two ...
... thought , so it was . And truly , ( for want of somewhat else to say , I suppose ) he had put into his Preface , that his Wife Bridget - was this , and that , and t'other . -What a pease - cods ! cannot I have a little Fault or two ...
Page 141
... Thought suggest , The Sense is ravish'd , and the Soul is blest ; On every Thorn delightful Wisdom grows , In every Rill a sweet Instruction flows . Time enough , always proves little enough . It is wise not to seek a Secret , and ...
... Thought suggest , The Sense is ravish'd , and the Soul is blest ; On every Thorn delightful Wisdom grows , In every Rill a sweet Instruction flows . Time enough , always proves little enough . It is wise not to seek a Secret , and ...
Page 198
... Thought , Ten thousand thousand rolling Years are nought . O endless Thought ! divine Eternity ! Th ' immortal Soul shares but a Part of thee ; For thou wert present when our Life began , When the warm Dust shot up in breathing Man ...
... Thought , Ten thousand thousand rolling Years are nought . O endless Thought ! divine Eternity ! Th ' immortal Soul shares but a Part of thee ; For thou wert present when our Life began , When the warm Dust shot up in breathing Man ...
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