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 237
... Half of the World does not know how the other Half lives . To add somewhat to your Knowledge in that Particular , I gave you in a former Almanack , an Account of the Manner of living at Hudson's - Bay , and the Effects produced by the ...
... Half of the World does not know how the other Half lives . To add somewhat to your Knowledge in that Particular , I gave you in a former Almanack , an Account of the Manner of living at Hudson's - Bay , and the Effects produced by the ...
Page 250
... Half of this Expence to be in Things absolutely necessary , the other Half may be call'd Superfluities , or at best , Conveniences , which how- ever you might live without for one little Year , and not suffer exceed- ingly . Now to save ...
... Half of this Expence to be in Things absolutely necessary , the other Half may be call'd Superfluities , or at best , Conveniences , which how- ever you might live without for one little Year , and not suffer exceed- ingly . Now to save ...
Page 251
... half your Expence in these Articles will be saved . 4thly and lastly , When you incline to drink Rum , fill the Glass half with Water . Thus at the Year's End , there will be An Hundred Thousand Pounds more Money in your Country . If ...
... half your Expence in these Articles will be saved . 4thly and lastly , When you incline to drink Rum , fill the Glass half with Water . Thus at the Year's End , there will be An Hundred Thousand Pounds more Money in your Country . If ...
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