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 14
... Stars only show to the Skilful , what will happen in the natural and universal Chain of Causes and Effects ; but ' tis well known , that the Events which would otherwise certainly happen at cer- tain Times in the Course of Nature , are ...
... Stars only show to the Skilful , what will happen in the natural and universal Chain of Causes and Effects ; but ' tis well known , that the Events which would otherwise certainly happen at cer- tain Times in the Course of Nature , are ...
Page 121
... Stars , by observing the following Directions . All those glittering Stars ( except five ) which we see in the Firma- ment of Heaven , are called fixed Stars , because they keep the same Dis- tance from one another , and from the ...
... Stars , by observing the following Directions . All those glittering Stars ( except five ) which we see in the Firma- ment of Heaven , are called fixed Stars , because they keep the same Dis- tance from one another , and from the ...
Page 148
... Stars , which constant seem to Sight , And Stars that regularly stray : All these God's plastick Will from Nothing brought , Assign'd their Stations , and their Courses taught . The Heathens when they dy'd , went to Bed without 148 Poor ...
... Stars , which constant seem to Sight , And Stars that regularly stray : All these God's plastick Will from Nothing brought , Assign'd their Stations , and their Courses taught . The Heathens when they dy'd , went to Bed without 148 Poor ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd July Cont'd Nov Cont'd Oct Cont'd Sept Courteous READER Cyder dear Death Digits eclipsed divine drink e'er Earth Eclipses Edmund Waller Edward Young Fame Fire Folly Fools form'd Franklin Friend give Hand happy hast hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Horse Hours JANUARY JULIUS CÆSAR JUNE keep Kind READER King King of France Labour live Love Man's MARCH Mind Money Month Moon Nature ne'er Neighbours never Night NORMAN ROCKWELL Number o'er OCTOBER OLIVER CROMWELL Pain Planets Pleasure Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanack Pow'r Praise Pride Publick Reason rich rise round Saturn SAUNDERS Sense SEPTEMBER shine Soul Stars sweet thee there's Things thou thro Tongue Truth twill Virtue Wealth Wife Wisdom wise World