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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... hear a worse , Yet he no other but himself will hear . Stop not his Mouth , if he be troublesome , But stop his Ears , and then the Man is dumb . She that paints her Face , thinks of her Tail . Here comes Courage ! that seiz'd the lion ...
... hear a worse , Yet he no other but himself will hear . Stop not his Mouth , if he be troublesome , But stop his Ears , and then the Man is dumb . She that paints her Face , thinks of her Tail . Here comes Courage ! that seiz'd the lion ...
Page 68
... hear a great Church - Bell , Than if it rang out for my Knell : At Thunder now no more I start , Than at the whisp'ring of a F ― t . Nay , what's incredible , alack ! I hardly hear my Bridget's Clack . Let thy Discontents be Secrets . A ...
... hear a great Church - Bell , Than if it rang out for my Knell : At Thunder now no more I start , Than at the whisp'ring of a F ― t . Nay , what's incredible , alack ! I hardly hear my Bridget's Clack . Let thy Discontents be Secrets . A ...
Page 69
... hear it at Philadelphia . Witness G. L. M. cum multis aliis . If thou injurest Conscience , it will have its Revenge on thee . Hear no ill of a Friend , nor speak any of an Enemy . Pay what you owe , and you'll know what's your own . Be ...
... hear it at Philadelphia . Witness G. L. M. cum multis aliis . If thou injurest Conscience , it will have its Revenge on thee . Hear no ill of a Friend , nor speak any of an Enemy . Pay what you owe , and you'll know what's your own . Be ...
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