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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Page 103
... Head out , fix it upon the other Head , on a Stand , or Blocks in the Cellar , if you have any , if not , in the warm- est Part of the House , about 2 Feet from the Ground ; as the Grapes sink , put up more , for 3 or 4 Days ; after ...
... Head out , fix it upon the other Head , on a Stand , or Blocks in the Cellar , if you have any , if not , in the warm- est Part of the House , about 2 Feet from the Ground ; as the Grapes sink , put up more , for 3 or 4 Days ; after ...
Page 117
... Head with strongest Biass rules , Is Pride , that never - failing Vice of Fools . Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd , She gives in large Recruits of needful Pride ; For as in Bodies , thus in Souls we find What wants in Blood ...
... Head with strongest Biass rules , Is Pride , that never - failing Vice of Fools . Whatever Nature has in Worth deny'd , She gives in large Recruits of needful Pride ; For as in Bodies , thus in Souls we find What wants in Blood ...
Page 166
... head profuse . In vain I sigh , And restless turn , and look around for night ; Night is far off ; and hotter hours approach . Thrice happy he ! that on the sunless side Of a romantic mountain , forest - crown'd , Beneath the whole ...
... head profuse . In vain I sigh , And restless turn , and look around for night ; Night is far off ; and hotter hours approach . Thrice happy he ! that on the sunless side Of a romantic mountain , forest - crown'd , Beneath the whole ...
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