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 83
... gain leisure . A Flatterer never seems absurd : The Flatter'd always take his Word . Lend Money to an Enemy , and thou'lt gain him , to a Friend and thou'lt lose him . Neither praise nor dispraise , till seven Christmasses be over ...
... gain leisure . A Flatterer never seems absurd : The Flatter'd always take his Word . Lend Money to an Enemy , and thou'lt gain him , to a Friend and thou'lt lose him . Neither praise nor dispraise , till seven Christmasses be over ...
Page 259
... Gain , or Love . So the tall Summit of Olympus knows , Nor raging Hurricanes , nor hoary Snows ; But high , in the superior Skies , is seen , Above the Clouds , eternally serene ; While at its steady Foot , the rushing Rain And rattling ...
... Gain , or Love . So the tall Summit of Olympus knows , Nor raging Hurricanes , nor hoary Snows ; But high , in the superior Skies , is seen , Above the Clouds , eternally serene ; While at its steady Foot , the rushing Rain And rattling ...
Page 266
... gain Mens Trust , he cannot gain their Concurrence ; and so is left alone to act singly and upon his own Bottom ; and while that is the Sphere of his Activity , all that he can do must needs be contemptible . Sincerity has such ...
... gain Mens Trust , he cannot gain their Concurrence ; and so is left alone to act singly and upon his own Bottom ; and while that is the Sphere of his Activity , all that he can do must needs be contemptible . Sincerity has such ...
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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