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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... less ? Ask of thy Mother Earth , why Oaks are made , Taller or stronger than the Weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent Fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are less than JOVE ? JANUARY Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion ...
... less ? Ask of thy Mother Earth , why Oaks are made , Taller or stronger than the Weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent Fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are less than JOVE ? JANUARY Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion ...
Page 216
... less thy Glory in th ' etherial Spheres , Nor less thy ruling Providence appears . There from on high the gentle Moon by Night In solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light , And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams , Thence copious ...
... less thy Glory in th ' etherial Spheres , Nor less thy ruling Providence appears . There from on high the gentle Moon by Night In solemn Silence sheds her Silver Light , And thence the glorious Sun pours forth his Beams , Thence copious ...
Page 233
... 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 been by some supposed to have been reduced ...
... 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 been by some supposed to have been reduced ...
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