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 76
... Hour you mention'd , with a Variation only of 5 min . 53 sec . which must be allow'd to be no great matter in such Cases ... Hours , to the Astonishment of all his Neighbours : And about the same time W. B. and A. B. will publish another ...
... Hour you mention'd , with a Variation only of 5 min . 53 sec . which must be allow'd to be no great matter in such Cases ... Hours , to the Astonishment of all his Neighbours : And about the same time W. B. and A. B. will publish another ...
Page 124
... Hour whole Years outweighs Of stupid Starers , and of loud Huzza's . Vanity backbites more than Malice . He's a Fool ... Hours Of Life oppress , whom sober SENSE conducts , And VIRTUE , thro ' this Labyrinth we tread . Virtue and Sense ...
... Hour whole Years outweighs Of stupid Starers , and of loud Huzza's . Vanity backbites more than Malice . He's a Fool ... Hours Of Life oppress , whom sober SENSE conducts , And VIRTUE , thro ' this Labyrinth we tread . Virtue and Sense ...
Page 145
... Hours , freeze to solid Ice . The Frost is never out of the Ground , how deep is not certain ; but on digging 10 or 12 Feet down in the two Summer Months , it has been found hard frozen . All the Water they use for Cooking , Brewing ...
... Hours , freeze to solid Ice . The Frost is never out of the Ground , how deep is not certain ; but on digging 10 or 12 Feet down in the two Summer Months , it has been found hard frozen . All the Water they use for Cooking , Brewing ...
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