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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... fall , And falling oft , turns diabolical . Good Women sure are Angels on the Earth , Of those good Angels we have had a Dearth ; And therefore all you Men that have good Wives , Respect their Virtues equal with your Lives . JANUARY ...
... fall , And falling oft , turns diabolical . Good Women sure are Angels on the Earth , Of those good Angels we have had a Dearth ; And therefore all you Men that have good Wives , Respect their Virtues equal with your Lives . JANUARY ...
Page 106
... fall , and the lowest may rise : But insolent People that fall in disgrace , Are wretched and no body pities their Case . Le sage entend à demi mot . Sorrow is dry . APRIL A Parrot is for Prating priz'd , But prattling Women are despis ...
... fall , and the lowest may rise : But insolent People that fall in disgrace , Are wretched and no body pities their Case . Le sage entend à demi mot . Sorrow is dry . APRIL A Parrot is for Prating priz'd , But prattling Women are despis ...
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... fall on the Hour Line of One , for Example , at one a Clock , and there kindle a Train of Gunpowder that shall fire one Gun . At Two a Clock , a Focus shall fall on the Hour Line of Two , and kindle another Train that shall discharge ...
... fall on the Hour Line of One , for Example , at one a Clock , and there kindle a Train of Gunpowder that shall fire one Gun . At Two a Clock , a Focus shall fall on the Hour Line of Two , and kindle another Train that shall discharge ...
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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