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 54
... Water of the Sea and Rivers is raised in Vapours by the Sun , is form'd into Clouds in the Air , and thence descends in Rain . Now when there is Rain overhead , ( which frequently happens when the Wind is at N.E. ) the Cities and Places ...
... Water of the Sea and Rivers is raised in Vapours by the Sun , is form'd into Clouds in the Air , and thence descends in Rain . Now when there is Rain overhead , ( which frequently happens when the Wind is at N.E. ) the Cities and Places ...
Page 145
... Water they use for Cooking , Brewing , & c . is melted Snow and Ice ; no Spring is yet found free from freezing , tho ' dug ever so deep down . - All Waters inland , are frozen fast by the Beginning of October , and continue so to the ...
... Water they use for Cooking , Brewing , & c . is melted Snow and Ice ; no Spring is yet found free from freezing , tho ' dug ever so deep down . - All Waters inland , are frozen fast by the Beginning of October , and continue so to the ...
Page 153
... water uncover'd in his yard ; for in such water they lay their eggs , which when hatch'd , become first little fish , afterwards put forth legs and wings , leave the water , and fly into your windows . Probatum est . SEPTEMBER One ...
... water uncover'd in his yard ; for in such water they lay their eggs , which when hatch'd , become first little fish , afterwards put forth legs and wings , leave the water , and fly into your windows . Probatum est . SEPTEMBER One ...
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