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 90
... thee ; Here all are equal ; now thy Case is mine ; This is my Rotting Place , and that is thine . Jack eating rotten ... thee , no Profit allure thee , no Ambition corrupt thee , no Example sway thee , no Persuasion move thee , to do any ...
... thee ; Here all are equal ; now thy Case is mine ; This is my Rotting Place , and that is thine . Jack eating rotten ... thee , no Profit allure thee , no Ambition corrupt thee , no Example sway thee , no Persuasion move thee , to do any ...
Page 136
... thee that not many of them are of my own Making . If thou hast any Judgment in Poetry , thou wilt easily discern the Workman from the Bungler . I know as well as thee , that I am no Poet born ; and it is a Trade I never learnt , nor ...
... thee that not many of them are of my own Making . If thou hast any Judgment in Poetry , thou wilt easily discern the Workman from the Bungler . I know as well as thee , that I am no Poet born ; and it is a Trade I never learnt , nor ...
Page 174
... Thee and Thine , is the hearty Wish of , Kind Reader , Thy obliged Friend , R. SAUNDERS . JANUARY So weak are human Kind by Nature made , Or to such Weakness by their Vice betray'd , Almighty Vanity ! to thee they owe Their Zest of ...
... Thee and Thine , is the hearty Wish of , Kind Reader , Thy obliged Friend , R. SAUNDERS . JANUARY So weak are human Kind by Nature made , Or to such Weakness by their Vice betray'd , Almighty Vanity ! to thee they owe Their Zest of ...
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