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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... Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee . . . . If you would have a faithful servant , serve yourself . Fools make feasts and wise men eat them . A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees . " · ... ... Most of ...
... Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee . . . . If you would have a faithful servant , serve yourself . Fools make feasts and wise men eat them . A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees . " · ... ... Most of ...
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The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Benjamin Franklin, Norman Rockwell. Keep thy shop , & thy shop will keep thee . The King's cheese is half wasted in parings ; but no matter , ' tis made of the peoples milk . Nothing but Money , Is ...
The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Benjamin Franklin, Norman Rockwell. Keep thy shop , & thy shop will keep thee . The King's cheese is half wasted in parings ; but no matter , ' tis made of the peoples milk . Nothing but Money , Is ...
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... keep their Sabbath on one and the same Day of the Week , and yet each of them separately shall believe that he keeps his Sabbath on the Day of the Week his Religion requires . OCTOBER No part of Conduct asks for Skill more nice , Tho ...
... keep their Sabbath on one and the same Day of the Week , and yet each of them separately shall believe that he keeps his Sabbath on the Day of the Week his Religion requires . OCTOBER No part of Conduct asks for Skill more nice , Tho ...
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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