Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type & printed expressly for the Heritage Press, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages Wherein are retain'd in their entirety the author's prefaces, proverbs, verses & entertaining remarks ; together with those chronological, historical, and scientific observations which the author has illumin'd with his characteristic wit and wisdom. |
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... ECLIPSES , 1735 I shall not say much of the Signification of the Eclipses this Year , for in truth they do not signifie much ; only I may observe by the way , that the first Eclipse of the Moon being celebrated in ~ Libra or the ...
... ECLIPSES , 1735 I shall not say much of the Signification of the Eclipses this Year , for in truth they do not signifie much ; only I may observe by the way , that the first Eclipse of the Moon being celebrated in ~ Libra or the ...
Page 42
... ECLIPSES , 1736 . There will be this Year six Eclipses , four of the Sun , and two of the Moon ; those of the Moon both visible and total . The first is a small Eclipse of the Sun , March the first , 35 minutes past 9 in the Morn ...
... ECLIPSES , 1736 . There will be this Year six Eclipses , four of the Sun , and two of the Moon ; those of the Moon both visible and total . The first is a small Eclipse of the Sun , March the first , 35 minutes past 9 in the Morn ...
Page 43
... Eclipses of the Moon and of the Sun , viz . All Lunar Eclipses are uni- versal , i . e . visible in all Parts of the Globe which have the Moon above their Horizon , and are every where of the same Magnitude : But Eclipses of the Sun do ...
... Eclipses of the Moon and of the Sun , viz . All Lunar Eclipses are uni- versal , i . e . visible in all Parts of the Globe which have the Moon above their Horizon , and are every where of the same Magnitude : But Eclipses of the Sun do ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet 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 hast hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Horse Hours JANUARY JULIUS CÆSAR JUNE keep Kind READER King King of France 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 Virtue Wealth Wife Wisdom wise World