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 203
... whole committed to the Ponti- fex Maximus , or High Priest ; who , neglecting the Trust , let Things run to the utmost Confusion . And thus the Roman Year stood till Julius Cæsar made a Reformation . - - The Julian Year , is a Solar ...
... whole committed to the Ponti- fex Maximus , or High Priest ; who , neglecting the Trust , let Things run to the utmost Confusion . And thus the Roman Year stood till Julius Cæsar made a Reformation . - - The Julian Year , is a Solar ...
Page 235
... whole Machine of Nature is in the Hands of one who knows how to conduct and manage all its vast and unwieldy Parts , and that the Motions of those dreadful Bodies , though to such puny Creatures as we are , they seem the more terrible ...
... whole Machine of Nature is in the Hands of one who knows how to conduct and manage all its vast and unwieldy Parts , and that the Motions of those dreadful Bodies , though to such puny Creatures as we are , they seem the more terrible ...
Page 295
... whole world . ( Lucan ) Ni ffyddra ...... ... Thy hand never worse for doing thy own work . Propria quae maribus .... ( These two phrases occur in verses used in Latin gram- mars as mnemonic tags , and all students were familiar with ...
... whole world . ( Lucan ) Ni ffyddra ...... ... Thy hand never worse for doing thy own work . Propria quae maribus .... ( These two phrases occur in verses used in Latin gram- mars as mnemonic tags , and all students were familiar with ...
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Anno APRIL Astrologers astronomical Benjamin Franklin Body bright chearful Comet Cont'd July Cont'd Nov Cont'd Oct Cont'd Sept Courteous READER Cyder dear Death Digits eclipsed divine drink e'er Earth Eclipses Edmund Waller Edward Young Fame Fire Folly Fools form'd Franklin Friend give Hand happy hast hath Heart Heav'n honest Honour Horse Hours JANUARY JULIUS CÆSAR JUNE keep Kind READER King King of France Labour live Love Man's MARCH Mind Money Month Moon Nature ne'er Neighbours never Night NORMAN ROCKWELL Number o'er OCTOBER OLIVER CROMWELL Pain Planets Pleasure Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanack Pow'r Praise Pride Publick Reason rich rise round Saturn SAUNDERS Sense SEPTEMBER shine Soul Stars sweet thee there's Things thou thro Tongue Truth twill Virtue Wealth Wife Wisdom wise World