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 50
... bright . Chuse not to take by candle - light . He that can travel well afoot , keeps a good horse . There are no ugly Loves , nor handsome Prisons . No better relation than a prudent & faithful Friend . JUNE Boy , bring a Bowl of China ...
... bright . Chuse not to take by candle - light . He that can travel well afoot , keeps a good horse . There are no ugly Loves , nor handsome Prisons . No better relation than a prudent & faithful Friend . JUNE Boy , bring a Bowl of China ...
Page 67
... bright Florella , when you see The constant Changes of the Year , That nothing is from Ruin free , And gayest Things must disappear . Think of your Beauties in their bloom , The Spring of sprightly Youth improve ; For cruel Age , alas ...
... bright Florella , when you see The constant Changes of the Year , That nothing is from Ruin free , And gayest Things must disappear . Think of your Beauties in their bloom , The Spring of sprightly Youth improve ; For cruel Age , alas ...
Page 99
... bright ; Her Knives and Spoons , all rang'd in even Rows , No Hands molest , nor Fingers discompose : A curious Jack , hung up to please the Eye , Forever still , whose Flyers never fly : Her Plates unsully'd , shining on the Shelf ...
... bright ; Her Knives and Spoons , all rang'd in even Rows , No Hands molest , nor Fingers discompose : A curious Jack , hung up to please the Eye , Forever still , whose Flyers never fly : Her Plates unsully'd , shining on the Shelf ...
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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