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 46
... honest good old Woman , he would not think his Money ill laid out , tho ' the Almanack of his Friend and Servant R ... Honesty . He that spends a Groat a day idly , spends idly above 61. a year , which is the Price of using 100l . He ...
... honest good old Woman , he would not think his Money ill laid out , tho ' the Almanack of his Friend and Servant R ... Honesty . He that spends a Groat a day idly , spends idly above 61. a year , which is the Price of using 100l . He ...
Page 92
... honest Declaration I made of my Poverty at my first Appearance . This my Brother Philomaths could , without being Conjurers , discover ; and Poor Richard's Success , has produced ye a Poor Will , and a Poor Robin ; and no doubt Poor ...
... honest Declaration I made of my Poverty at my first Appearance . This my Brother Philomaths could , without being Conjurers , discover ; and Poor Richard's Success , has produced ye a Poor Will , and a Poor Robin ; and no doubt Poor ...
Page 138
... honest Men , and Wise ; The Fool , or Knave that wears a Title , lies . ' Tis a strange Forest that has no rotten Wood in't And a strange Kindred that all are good in't . None know the unfortunate , and the fortunate do not know ...
... honest Men , and Wise ; The Fool , or Knave that wears a Title , lies . ' Tis a strange Forest that has no rotten Wood in't And a strange Kindred that all are good in't . None know the unfortunate , and the fortunate do not know ...
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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