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 167
Benjamin Franklin. PRIDE is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of . ' Tis a meer Proteus , and disguises ... Pride and Gout are seldom cur'd throughout . SEPTEMBER Wouldst thou extract the purest Sweet of Life , 167 An ...
Benjamin Franklin. PRIDE is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of . ' Tis a meer Proteus , and disguises ... Pride and Gout are seldom cur'd throughout . SEPTEMBER Wouldst thou extract the purest Sweet of Life , 167 An ...
Page 200
... Pride - in others . [ Finis Who judges best of a Man , his Enemies or himself ? Drunkenness , that worst of Evils , makes some Men Fools , some Beasts , some Devils . ' Tis not a Holiday that's not kept holy . — On the 6th of this Month ...
... Pride - in others . [ Finis Who judges best of a Man , his Enemies or himself ? Drunkenness , that worst of Evils , makes some Men Fools , some Beasts , some Devils . ' Tis not a Holiday that's not kept holy . — On the 6th of this Month ...
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... Pride that dines on Vanity sups on Contempt , as Poor Richard says . And in another Place , Pride break- fasted with Plenty , dined with Poverty , and supped with Infamy . And after all , of what Use is this Pride of Appearance , for ...
... Pride that dines on Vanity sups on Contempt , as Poor Richard says . And in another Place , Pride break- fasted with Plenty , dined with Poverty , and supped with Infamy . And after all , of what Use is this Pride of Appearance , for ...
Contents
1733 to 1747 3142 | 142 |
Newly Set into Type Printed Expressly | 173 |
1748 to 1758 143291 | 291 |
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Barbarian Bands Benjamin Franklin bless Body bright chearful Codrus Cont'd Courteous READER Cyder dead dear Death DECEMBER Digits eclipsed divine doth drink e'er Earth Eclipses Edmund Waller Eyes fair Fame fear Fire Fools form'd Franklin Friend give Gold Hand happy hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Horse Hours JANUARY JULY JUNE keep Kind READER King King of France Labour Lawyer Leeds live Love Lunar Conjunctions Man's MARCH Mind Money month Moon ne'er Neighbour never Night Norman Rockwell Number o'er OCTOBER OLIVER CROMWELL pains Planets Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanack Pow'r Praise Pride Publick rich round Saturn SAUNDERS Sense SEPTEMBER shine Soul Stars sweet thee there's things Thracian thro Tongue Truth twill Virtue Wealth Wife Winter Wisdom wise World