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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... bring a Bowl of China here , Fill it with Water cool and clear : Decanter with Jamaica right , And Spoon of Silver clean and bright , Sugar twice - fin'd , in pieces cut , Knife , Sieve and Glass , in order put , Bring forth the ...
... bring a Bowl of China here , Fill it with Water cool and clear : Decanter with Jamaica right , And Spoon of Silver clean and bright , Sugar twice - fin'd , in pieces cut , Knife , Sieve and Glass , in order put , Bring forth the ...
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... bring'st me all , and bring'st me no Relief 97 An Almanack , & c .
... bring'st me all , and bring'st me no Relief 97 An Almanack , & c .
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The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Benjamin Franklin, Norman Rockwell. Thou bring'st me all , and bring'st me no Relief , Thou bitter , sweet , thou pleasing , teazing Thing , Thou Bee , that with thy Honey wears a Sting ; Some ...
The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Benjamin Franklin, Norman Rockwell. Thou bring'st me all , and bring'st me no Relief , Thou bitter , sweet , thou pleasing , teazing Thing , Thou Bee , that with thy Honey wears a Sting ; Some ...
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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