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 62
... There is a God , how desp'rately unwise , How much more Fool is he whose Language shall Proclaim in publick , There's no God at all : What then are they , nay Fools in what degree Whose Actions shall maintain't ? Such Fools are we ...
... There is a God , how desp'rately unwise , How much more Fool is he whose Language shall Proclaim in publick , There's no God at all : What then are they , nay Fools in what degree Whose Actions shall maintain't ? Such Fools are we ...
Page 74
... there won't be much more Bacon than Swine . Mercury somewhat threatens our Parsley - beds , yet Parsly will be to be had for Money . Hemp will grow faster than the Children of this Age , and some will find there's but too much on't . As ...
... there won't be much more Bacon than Swine . Mercury somewhat threatens our Parsley - beds , yet Parsly will be to be had for Money . Hemp will grow faster than the Children of this Age , and some will find there's but too much on't . As ...
Page 138
... There's a time to wink as well as to see . Honest Tom ! you may trust him with a house - full of untold Milstones . There is no Man so bad , but he secretly respects the Good . APRIL RELIGION'S Force divine is best display'd , In a ...
... There's a time to wink as well as to see . Honest Tom ! you may trust him with a house - full of untold Milstones . There is no Man so bad , but he secretly respects the Good . APRIL RELIGION'S Force divine is best display'd , In a ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd Dec Cont'd July 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 JUNE 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