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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... SEPTEMBER Death is a Fisherman , the world we see His Fish - pond is , and we the Fishes be : His Net some general Sickness ; howe'er he Is not so kind as other Fishers be ; For if they take one of the smaller Fry , They throw him in ...
... SEPTEMBER Death is a Fisherman , the world we see His Fish - pond is , and we the Fishes be : His Net some general Sickness ; howe'er he Is not so kind as other Fishers be ; For if they take one of the smaller Fry , They throw him in ...
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... SEPTEMBER The Sun now clear , serene the golden Skies , Where'er you go , as fast the Shadow flies ; A Cloud succeeds ; the Sunshine now is o'er , The fleeting Phantom fled , is seen no more ; With your bright Day , its Progress too ...
... SEPTEMBER The Sun now clear , serene the golden Skies , Where'er you go , as fast the Shadow flies ; A Cloud succeeds ; the Sunshine now is o'er , The fleeting Phantom fled , is seen no more ; With your bright Day , its Progress too ...
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... are but ten , between one and 1,000000,000000 . I shall leave my curious reader to find the rest . Pride and Gout are seldom cur'd throughout . SEPTEMBER Wouldst thou extract the purest Sweet of Life , 167 An Almanack , & c .
... are but ten , between one and 1,000000,000000 . I shall leave my curious reader to find the rest . Pride and Gout are seldom cur'd throughout . SEPTEMBER Wouldst thou extract the purest Sweet of Life , 167 An Almanack , & c .
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