Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 293 páginas |
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Página 103
... almanac- makers . He might , he declares , assert the sole aim he had in view was the public good . But men are not to be deceived by such pretenses , and the plain truth is , he is excessive poor , while his wife , poor woman , is ...
... almanac- makers . He might , he declares , assert the sole aim he had in view was the public good . But men are not to be deceived by such pretenses , and the plain truth is , he is excessive poor , while his wife , poor woman , is ...
Página 104
... Poor Richard Saunders and his almanac were dead and forgotten . This reply was precisely what Franklin expected , and in the preface to Poor Richard for 1734 the public is assured that , thanks to 104 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... Poor Richard Saunders and his almanac were dead and forgotten . This reply was precisely what Franklin expected , and in the preface to Poor Richard for 1734 the public is assured that , thanks to 104 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
Página 105
... almanac but Hudibras verses against astrology , which no astrologer but a dead one would ever have inserted . As for the rest , no man living could or would have written such stuff . Again Leeds took the fun in earnest and replied ...
... almanac but Hudibras verses against astrology , which no astrologer but a dead one would ever have inserted . As for the rest , no man living could or would have written such stuff . Again Leeds took the fun in earnest and replied ...
Página 106
... almanac - makers might miss it in other things , it must be allowed they always hit the day of the month , and that after all was one of the most useful things in an almanac . As to the weather , he never followed the method of his ...
... almanac - makers might miss it in other things , it must be allowed they always hit the day of the month , and that after all was one of the most useful things in an almanac . As to the weather , he never followed the method of his ...
Página 107
... almanac sealed up and bade her send it to the printer . Suspect- ing something was wrong , she opened it to see if he had not been flinging some of his old skits at her . So it was . Peascods ! could she not have a little fault but the ...
... almanac sealed up and bade her send it to the printer . Suspect- ing something was wrong , she opened it to see if he had not been flinging some of his old skits at her . So it was . Peascods ! could she not have a little fault but the ...
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