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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... bright . Chuse not to take by candle - light . He that can travel well afoot , keeps a good horse . There are no ugly Loves , nor handsome Prisons . No better relation than a prudent & faithful Friend . JUNE Boy , bring a Bowl of China ...
... bright . Chuse not to take by candle - light . He that can travel well afoot , keeps a good horse . There are no ugly Loves , nor handsome Prisons . No better relation than a prudent & faithful Friend . JUNE Boy , bring a Bowl of China ...
Page 99
... bright ; Her Knives and Spoons , all rang'd in even Rows , No Hands molest , nor Fingers discompose : A curious Jack , hung up to please the Eye , Forever still , whose Flyers never fly : Her Plates unsully'd , shining on the Shelf ...
... bright ; Her Knives and Spoons , all rang'd in even Rows , No Hands molest , nor Fingers discompose : A curious Jack , hung up to please the Eye , Forever still , whose Flyers never fly : Her Plates unsully'd , shining on the Shelf ...
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... bright Circle , or Ring , surrounding his Body , supposed , by the 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 ...
... bright Circle , or Ring , surrounding his Body , supposed , by the 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 ...
Contents
1733 to 1747 3142 | 142 |
Newly Set into Type Printed Expressly | 173 |
1748 to 1758 143291 | 291 |
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