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 121
... rising and setting of the Planets , and their Conjunctions with the Moon , I have continued ; whereby those who are ... rise and set on the same Points of the Horizon , and appear like so many lucid Points fixed to the celestial ...
... rising and setting of the Planets , and their Conjunctions with the Moon , I have continued ; whereby those who are ... rise and set on the same Points of the Horizon , and appear like so many lucid Points fixed to the celestial ...
Page 122
... rise 10 35 , which signifies the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 O'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will find sets 7 13 , which shows Venus sets 13 ...
... rise 10 35 , which signifies the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 O'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will find sets 7 13 , which shows Venus sets 13 ...
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... rise . And Towns shall open ( all of Structure fair ! ) To bright'ning Prospects , and to purest Air , Frequented Ports and Vineyards green succeed , And Flocks encreasing whiten all the Mead ; On Science Science , Arts on Arts refine ...
... rise . And Towns shall open ( all of Structure fair ! ) To bright'ning Prospects , and to purest Air , Frequented Ports and Vineyards green succeed , And Flocks encreasing whiten all the Mead ; On Science Science , Arts on Arts refine ...
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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