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 15
... Wives , Respect their Virtues equal with your Lives . JANUARY From a cross Neighbour , and a sullen Wife , A pointless Needle , and a broken Knife ; From Suretyship , and from an empty Purse , A Smoaky Chimney and a jolting Horse ; From ...
... Wives , Respect their Virtues equal with your Lives . JANUARY From a cross Neighbour , and a sullen Wife , A pointless Needle , and a broken Knife ; From Suretyship , and from an empty Purse , A Smoaky Chimney and a jolting Horse ; From ...
Page 37
... Wife provok'd him once ; he broke her Crown , The Surgeon's Bill amounted to Five Pound ; This Blow ( she brags ) has cost my Husband dear , He'll ne'er strike more . Sam chanc'd to over - hear . Therefore before his Wife the Bill he ...
... Wife provok'd him once ; he broke her Crown , The Surgeon's Bill amounted to Five Pound ; This Blow ( she brags ) has cost my Husband dear , He'll ne'er strike more . Sam chanc'd to over - hear . Therefore before his Wife the Bill he ...
Page 118
... WIFE is the peculiar Gift of Heav'n . Vain Fortune's Favours , never at a Stay , Like empty Shadows , pass , and glide away ; One solid Comfort , our eternal Wife , Abundantly supplies us all our Life : This Blessing lasts ( if those ...
... WIFE is the peculiar Gift of Heav'n . Vain Fortune's Favours , never at a Stay , Like empty Shadows , pass , and glide away ; One solid Comfort , our eternal Wife , Abundantly supplies us all our Life : This Blessing lasts ( if those ...
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