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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... fire . " This presently suggested the lightning rod , which Franklin in- vented . He had set out to prove that lightning was electricity , which many others had suspected , and his proof was confirmed in France in 1752. He was virtually ...
... fire . " This presently suggested the lightning rod , which Franklin in- vented . He had set out to prove that lightning was electricity , which many others had suspected , and his proof was confirmed in France in 1752. He was virtually ...
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... Fire : For , Beauty , like supreme Dominion , Is best supported by Opinion : If Decency bring no Supplies , Opinion falls and Beauty dies . Turn Turk Tim , and renounce thy Faith in Words as well as Actions : Is it worse to follow ...
... Fire : For , Beauty , like supreme Dominion , Is best supported by Opinion : If Decency bring no Supplies , Opinion falls and Beauty dies . Turn Turk Tim , and renounce thy Faith in Words as well as Actions : Is it worse to follow ...
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... Fire is out , the Inside of the Walls and Bed - places will be 2 or 3 Inches thick with Ice , which is every Morning cut away with a Hatchet . Three or four Times a Day , Iron Shot , of 24 Pounds Weight , are made red hot , and hung up ...
... Fire is out , the Inside of the Walls and Bed - places will be 2 or 3 Inches thick with Ice , which is every Morning cut away with a Hatchet . Three or four Times a Day , Iron Shot , of 24 Pounds Weight , are made red hot , and hung up ...
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