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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... Hath been inrich'd , and Art hath still been poor . One good Husband is worth two good Wives ; for 16 Poor Richard : 1734.
... Hath been inrich'd , and Art hath still been poor . One good Husband is worth two good Wives ; for 16 Poor Richard : 1734.
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... hath a Trade hath an Estate , and He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honour ; but then the Trade must be worked at , and the Calling well followed , or neither the Estate , nor the Office , will enable us to pay our ...
... hath a Trade hath an Estate , and He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honour ; but then the Trade must be worked at , and the Calling well followed , or neither the Estate , nor the Office , will enable us to pay our ...
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... hath God hath all , who hath him not hath less than nothing . Ingratum si dixeris . . . . If you say he is ungrateful you say all that can be said . The wiseman understandeth at halfe a word . .... Le sage Na fynno .. .... What thou ...
... hath God hath all , who hath him not hath less than nothing . Ingratum si dixeris . . . . If you say he is ungrateful you say all that can be said . The wiseman understandeth at halfe a word . .... Le sage Na fynno .. .... What thou ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd Dec Cont'd July 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 JUNE 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