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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Benjamin Franklin. on . First he gave his coppers , then his silver , and finally emptied his pocket , including five gold coins and presently , he published a vol- ume of Whitefield's sermons . Franklin had been working with leisure in ...
Benjamin Franklin. on . First he gave his coppers , then his silver , and finally emptied his pocket , including five gold coins and presently , he published a vol- ume of Whitefield's sermons . Franklin had been working with leisure in ...
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... Franklin's borrowings . Also in the Appendix is an alphabetical list , with translations , of the aphorisms that he printed in various foreign languages . Notes printed at the foot of the page are Franklin's own . Poor Richard ...
... Franklin's borrowings . Also in the Appendix is an alphabetical list , with translations , of the aphorisms that he printed in various foreign languages . Notes printed at the foot of the page are Franklin's own . Poor Richard ...
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... FranklIN was a lot of man any Iway you looked at him : big - hearted , big - brained , big - bodied . Even when he had reached a time of life when most males ( in our day , anyway ) are scrupulous in the eschewal of rotundity , Franklin ...
... FranklIN was a lot of man any Iway you looked at him : big - hearted , big - brained , big - bodied . Even when he had reached a time of life when most males ( in our day , anyway ) are scrupulous in the eschewal of rotundity , Franklin ...
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