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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... Honour thy Father and Mother , i.e. Live so as to be an Honour to them tho ' they are dead . AUGUST Ships sailing down Delaware Bay this Month , shall 68 Poor Richard : 1739.
... Honour thy Father and Mother , i.e. Live so as to be an Honour to them tho ' they are dead . AUGUST Ships sailing down Delaware Bay this Month , shall 68 Poor Richard : 1739.
Page 175
... Honour , Wealth and Power ? No. This Man was rich , great , a Sov- ereign Prince : But he wanted to be richer , greater , and more a Sovereign . At first his Arms had vast Success ; but a Campaign or two left him not a Foot of Land he ...
... Honour , Wealth and Power ? No. This Man was rich , great , a Sov- ereign Prince : But he wanted to be richer , greater , and more a Sovereign . At first his Arms had vast Success ; but a Campaign or two left him not a Foot of Land he ...
Page 258
... Honour is an internal , the Person of Honour an external , the one a real , the other a fic- titious , Character . A Person of Honour may be a profane Libertine , penurious , proud , may insult his Inferiors , and defraud his Creditors ...
... Honour is an internal , the Person of Honour an external , the one a real , the other a fic- titious , Character . A Person of Honour may be a profane Libertine , penurious , proud , may insult his Inferiors , and defraud his Creditors ...
Contents
1733 to 1747 3142 | 142 |
Newly Set into Type Printed Expressly | 173 |
1748 to 1758 143291 | 291 |
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