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 29
... common Span : So have I seen with Dropsy swoln , a Man , Drink and drink more , and still unsatisfi'd , Drink till Drink drown'd him , yet he thirsty dy'd . A Ship under sail and a big - bellied Woman , Are the handsomest two things ...
... common Span : So have I seen with Dropsy swoln , a Man , Drink and drink more , and still unsatisfi'd , Drink till Drink drown'd him , yet he thirsty dy'd . A Ship under sail and a big - bellied Woman , Are the handsomest two things ...
Page 30
... Man could have , Proud , Lazy , Sot , could neither get nor save , Eternal Scold she was , and what is worse , The D - I burn thee , was her common Curse . Forbear , quoth Sam , that fruitless Curse so common 30 Poor Richard : 1735.
... Man could have , Proud , Lazy , Sot , could neither get nor save , Eternal Scold she was , and what is worse , The D - I burn thee , was her common Curse . Forbear , quoth Sam , that fruitless Curse so common 30 Poor Richard : 1735.
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... common Sense would hazard for a lively Expression ; much less a person of good Breeding , who should make it his chief Aim to be well with all . Like some grave Matron of a noble Line , With awful Beauty does Religion shine . Just Sense ...
... common Sense would hazard for a lively Expression ; much less a person of good Breeding , who should make it his chief Aim to be well with all . Like some grave Matron of a noble Line , With awful Beauty does Religion shine . Just Sense ...
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