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 121
... appear like so many lucid Points fixed to the celestial Firmament . The other five have a particular and different ... appears the biggest ; and when this glorious Star appears , and goes before the Sun , it is called Phosphorus , or the ...
... appear like so many lucid Points fixed to the celestial Firmament . The other five have a particular and different ... appears the biggest ; and when this glorious Star appears , and goes before the Sun , it is called Phosphorus , or the ...
Page 122
... appears red like a hot Iron or burning Coal , and twinkles a little . Saturn , in Appearance , is less than Mars , and of a ... appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will find sets 7 13 , which shows Venus sets 13 ...
... appears red like a hot Iron or burning Coal , and twinkles a little . Saturn , in Appearance , is less than Mars , and of a ... appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you will find sets 7 13 , which shows Venus sets 13 ...
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... Appear- ance it makes to us , to be no less than 20,000 Miles broad , and about as many from the Body of the Planet . Whether this amazing Appearance has been occasioned by any Disruption of the Body of the Planet , as our Earth has ...
... Appear- ance it makes to us , to be no less than 20,000 Miles broad , and about as many from the Body of the Planet . Whether this amazing Appearance has been occasioned by any Disruption of the Body of the Planet , as our Earth has ...
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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