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 viii
... Soon to be the chief printer of the province , and the most genial and cheerful of men , he was full of homely wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey , he ...
... Soon to be the chief printer of the province , and the most genial and cheerful of men , he was full of homely wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey , he ...
Page ix
... soon passed into everyday speech and were quoted in ser- mons , on the title pages of pamphlets , or as mottoes in newspapers . Down to the Revolution they were universally known , and " As Poor . . . . " was a common popular phrase ...
... soon passed into everyday speech and were quoted in ser- mons , on the title pages of pamphlets , or as mottoes in newspapers . Down to the Revolution they were universally known , and " As Poor . . . . " was a common popular phrase ...
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... soon ; Your Sires i'th ' Morning left the Plow , And ours i'th ' Afternoon . Cæsar did not merit the triumphal Car , more than he that conquers himself . Hast thou virtue ? acquire also the graces & beauties of virtue . Buy what thou ...
... soon ; Your Sires i'th ' Morning left the Plow , And ours i'th ' Afternoon . Cæsar did not merit the triumphal Car , more than he that conquers himself . Hast thou virtue ? acquire also the graces & beauties of virtue . Buy what thou ...
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