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 39
... Tongues if into Powder beaten , May in a Potion or a Pill be eaten , And as there's nought more bitter , I do muse , That Women's Tongues in Physick they ne'er use . My self ... Tongue was once a Servant to the Heart 39 An Almanack , & c .
... Tongues if into Powder beaten , May in a Potion or a Pill be eaten , And as there's nought more bitter , I do muse , That Women's Tongues in Physick they ne'er use . My self ... Tongue was once a Servant to the Heart 39 An Almanack , & c .
Page 86
... Tongue , or I'll thy Courage quell . Ducking , thy Case , poor Buckram , little mends ; She had her Lesson at her Fingers Ends . Sows'd over head , her Arms she raises high ; And cracking Nails the Want of Tongue supply . Monkeys warm ...
... Tongue , or I'll thy Courage quell . Ducking , thy Case , poor Buckram , little mends ; She had her Lesson at her Fingers Ends . Sows'd over head , her Arms she raises high ; And cracking Nails the Want of Tongue supply . Monkeys warm ...
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Benjamin Franklin. It smooths th ' unpolish'd Tongue with Eloquence , And adds Persuasion to the finest Sense . [ Cont'd Febr . He that would rise at Court , must begin by Creeping . Many a Man's own Tongue gives Evidence against his ...
Benjamin Franklin. It smooths th ' unpolish'd Tongue with Eloquence , And adds Persuasion to the finest Sense . [ Cont'd Febr . He that would rise at Court , must begin by Creeping . Many a Man's own Tongue gives Evidence against his ...
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