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 156
... world , man being so called , as containing within himself the four elements of the greater , & c . & c . I here explain Greek to thee by English , which , I think , is rather a more intelligible way , than explaining English by Greek ...
... world , man being so called , as containing within himself the four elements of the greater , & c . & c . I here explain Greek to thee by English , which , I think , is rather a more intelligible way , than explaining English by Greek ...
Page 235
... World of Light and Heat , with its System of Planets , Moons and Comets going round it ; and if all those Planets and Moons be Worlds inhabited by various Orders of Beings , enjoying or preparing themselves for such Degrees of Happiness ...
... World of Light and Heat , with its System of Planets , Moons and Comets going round it ; and if all those Planets and Moons be Worlds inhabited by various Orders of Beings , enjoying or preparing themselves for such Degrees of Happiness ...
Page 295
... World have War , But with England do not jar . Dyrro lynn .... Much liquor makes eloquent . Eilen thut .... Hurrying seldom will do good . Ex ore suo Felix quem .... He is damned out of his own mouth . Happy is he who is warned by ...
... World have War , But with England do not jar . Dyrro lynn .... Much liquor makes eloquent . Eilen thut .... Hurrying seldom will do good . Ex ore suo Felix quem .... He is damned out of his own mouth . Happy is he who is warned by ...
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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