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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... seen ten times ten , Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred . Three may keep a Secret , if two of them are dead . Poverty wants some things , Luxury many things , Avarice all things . A Lie stands on I leg , Truth on 2 . What's ...
... seen ten times ten , Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred . Three may keep a Secret , if two of them are dead . Poverty wants some things , Luxury many things , Avarice all things . A Lie stands on I leg , Truth on 2 . What's ...
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... seen ; being when total in some Places , only partial in others ; and in other Places not seen at all , tho ' neither Clouds nor Horizon prevent the Sight of the Sun it self . As to the Effects of these two great Eclipses , suffer me to ...
... seen ; being when total in some Places , only partial in others ; and in other Places not seen at all , tho ' neither Clouds nor Horizon prevent the Sight of the Sun it self . As to the Effects of these two great Eclipses , suffer me to ...
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... seen . Against the 6th Day of January you may see ♂ rise 10 35 , which signifies the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 O'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you ...
... seen . Against the 6th Day of January you may see ♂ rise 10 35 , which signifies the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 O'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East . Also against the 10th Day of January you ...
Contents
1733 to 1747 3142 | 142 |
Newly Set into Type Printed Expressly | 173 |
1748 to 1758 143291 | 291 |
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