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 53
... begin- ning at 8 h . 1 m . A.M. middle at 9 h . 11 m . end at 10 h . 20 m . Digits eclipsed near nine , on the upper side of the Sun. The second is of the Moon , March 5. at 10 h . 34 m . in the morning , therefore invisible here . The ...
... begin- ning at 8 h . 1 m . A.M. middle at 9 h . 11 m . end at 10 h . 20 m . Digits eclipsed near nine , on the upper side of the Sun. The second is of the Moon , March 5. at 10 h . 34 m . in the morning , therefore invisible here . The ...
Page 103
... Begin to gather Grapes from the 10th of September ( the ripest first ) to the last of October , and having clear'd them of Spider webs , and dead Leaves , put them into a large Molosses- or Rum - Hogshead ; after having washed it well ...
... Begin to gather Grapes from the 10th of September ( the ripest first ) to the last of October , and having clear'd them of Spider webs , and dead Leaves , put them into a large Molosses- or Rum - Hogshead ; after having washed it well ...
Page 190
... begin- ning , and will also be visible thro ' that Empire . ---- From the Transit of Venus over the Sun , May 26 , 1761 , which will be visible over the same Empire : And lastly , from the annular Eclipse of the Sun , March 11 , 1764 ...
... begin- ning , and will also be visible thro ' that Empire . ---- From the Transit of Venus over the Sun , May 26 , 1761 , which will be visible over the same Empire : And lastly , from the annular Eclipse of the Sun , March 11 , 1764 ...
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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