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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... Want of it . For one poor Man there are an hundred indigent . JUNE What's Man's Reward for all his Care and Toil ? But One ; a female Friend's endearing Smile : A tender Smile , our Sorrow's only Balm , And in Life's Tempest the sad ...
... Want of it . For one poor Man there are an hundred indigent . JUNE What's Man's Reward for all his Care and Toil ? But One ; a female Friend's endearing Smile : A tender Smile , our Sorrow's only Balm , And in Life's Tempest the sad ...
Page 280
... Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge ; and again , Not to oversee Workmen , is to leave them your Purse open . Trusting too much to others Care is the Ruin of many ; for , as the Almanack says , In the Affairs of this ...
... Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge ; and again , Not to oversee Workmen , is to leave them your Purse open . Trusting too much to others Care is the Ruin of many ; for , as the Almanack says , In the Affairs of this ...
Page 282
... want to have them . The artificial Wants of Mankind thus become more numerous than the natural ; and , as Poor Dick says , For one poor Person , there are an hundred indigent . By these , and other Extrava- gancies , the Genteel are ...
... want to have them . The artificial Wants of Mankind thus become more numerous than the natural ; and , as Poor Dick says , For one poor Person , there are an hundred indigent . By these , and other Extrava- gancies , the Genteel are ...
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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