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 90
... thee ; Here all are equal ; now thy Case is mine ; This is my Rotting Place , and that is thine . Jack eating rotten ... thee , no Profit allure thee , no Ambition corrupt thee , no Example sway thee , no Persuasion move thee , to do any ...
... thee ; Here all are equal ; now thy Case is mine ; This is my Rotting Place , and that is thine . Jack eating rotten ... thee , no Profit allure thee , no Ambition corrupt thee , no Example sway thee , no Persuasion move thee , to do any ...
Page 136
... thee that not many of them are of my own Making . If thou hast any Judgment in Poetry , thou wilt easily discern the Workman from the Bungler . I know as well as thee , that I am no Poet born ; and it is a Trade I never learnt , nor ...
... thee that not many of them are of my own Making . If thou hast any Judgment in Poetry , thou wilt easily discern the Workman from the Bungler . I know as well as thee , that I am no Poet born ; and it is a Trade I never learnt , nor ...
Page 159
... thee e'er thou hadst a Name , Who brought thee into Birth , with Pow'r of Thought Receptive of immortal Good , be wrought Deep in thy Soul . His , not thy own , thou art ; To him resign the Empire of thy Heart . His Will , thy Law ; His ...
... thee e'er thou hadst a Name , Who brought thee into Birth , with Pow'r of Thought Receptive of immortal Good , be wrought Deep in thy Soul . His , not thy own , thou art ; To him resign the Empire of thy Heart . His Will , thy Law ; His ...
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