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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... young man ( ca. 30 ) , wore a wig , and was something of a dandy at this period . For the Franklin stove , which brought him great popular fame , he followed the experiments of Desagulier and Gauger , but he perfected their studies and ...
... young man ( ca. 30 ) , wore a wig , and was something of a dandy at this period . For the Franklin stove , which brought him great popular fame , he followed the experiments of Desagulier and Gauger , but he perfected their studies and ...
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... young man , will be a young old man . DECEMBER ' Tis not the Face with a delightful Air , A rosy Cheek and lovely flowing Hair ; Nor sparkling Eyes to best Advantage set , Nor all the Members rang'd in Alphabet , Sweet in 32 Poor ...
... young man , will be a young old man . DECEMBER ' Tis not the Face with a delightful Air , A rosy Cheek and lovely flowing Hair ; Nor sparkling Eyes to best Advantage set , Nor all the Members rang'd in Alphabet , Sweet in 32 Poor ...
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... young Forc'd thro ' thick and thin to trudge it along . Then down gets the Father , and up gets the Son ; If this cannot please them we ne'er shall have done . They had not gone far , but a Woman cries out , O you young graceless Imp ...
... young Forc'd thro ' thick and thin to trudge it along . Then down gets the Father , and up gets the Son ; If this cannot please them we ne'er shall have done . They had not gone far , but a Woman cries out , O you young graceless Imp ...
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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