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 14
... dear Friend is no more ; for there appears in his Name , as I am assured , an Almanack for the Year 1734 , in which I am treated in a very gross and unhandsome Manner , in which I am called a false Predicter , an Ignorant , a conceited ...
... dear Friend is no more ; for there appears in his Name , as I am assured , an Almanack for the Year 1734 , in which I am treated in a very gross and unhandsome Manner , in which I am called a false Predicter , an Ignorant , a conceited ...
Page 79
... dear ; The strangest piece of News I hear ! A Law , ' tis said , will quickly pass , To purge the matrimonial Class ; Cuckolds , if any such we have here Must to a Man be thrown i'th ' River . She smiling cry'd , My dear , you seem ...
... dear ; The strangest piece of News I hear ! A Law , ' tis said , will quickly pass , To purge the matrimonial Class ; Cuckolds , if any such we have here Must to a Man be thrown i'th ' River . She smiling cry'd , My dear , you seem ...
Page 109
... dear Husband behind , But when Death appear'd with a sour Grimace , The Woman was dash'd at his thin hatchet Face ; So she made him a Courts'y , and modestly sed , If you come for my Husband , he lies there in Bed . Dick told his spouse ...
... dear Husband behind , But when Death appear'd with a sour Grimace , The Woman was dash'd at his thin hatchet Face ; So she made him a Courts'y , and modestly sed , If you come for my Husband , he lies there in Bed . Dick told his spouse ...
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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