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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... pains our Justice takes his faults to hide , With half that pains sure he might cure ' em quite . In success be moderate . Take this remark from Richard poor and lame , Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame . What one relishes ...
... pains our Justice takes his faults to hide , With half that pains sure he might cure ' em quite . In success be moderate . Take this remark from Richard poor and lame , Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame . What one relishes ...
Page 57
... pains about than to render themselves unhappy ? Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure ; nothing more bondage than too much liberty , ( or libertinism ) . Read much , but not many Books . MARCH Jack's Wife was born in Wiltshire ...
... pains about than to render themselves unhappy ? Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure ; nothing more bondage than too much liberty , ( or libertinism ) . Read much , but not many Books . MARCH Jack's Wife was born in Wiltshire ...
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... Pains , and then enjoys Pleasures ; the Knave takes Pleasure , and then suffers Pains . Think of three Things , whence you came , where you are going , and to whom you must account . JUNE Where purple Violets hang their bashful Heads ...
... Pains , and then enjoys Pleasures ; the Knave takes Pleasure , and then suffers Pains . Think of three Things , whence you came , where you are going , and to whom you must account . JUNE Where purple Violets hang their bashful Heads ...
Contents
1733 to 1747 3142 | 142 |
Newly Set into Type Printed Expressly | 173 |
1748 to 1758 143291 | 291 |
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