The American Tradition in Literature: Bradford to LincolnSculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
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However let us hearken to good Advice , and something may be done for us ; God helps them that help themselves , as Poor Richard says , in his Almanack of 1733 . It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth ...
However let us hearken to good Advice , and something may be done for us ; God helps them that help themselves , as Poor Richard says , in his Almanack of 1733 . It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth ...
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What though you have found no Treasure , nor has any rich Relation left you a Legacy , Diligence is the Mother of Good luck , as Poor Richard says , and God gives all Things to Industry . Then plough deep , while Sluggards sleep ...
What though you have found no Treasure , nor has any rich Relation left you a Legacy , Diligence is the Mother of Good luck , as Poor Richard says , and God gives all Things to Industry . Then plough deep , while Sluggards sleep ...
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Remember what Poor Richard says , Buy what thou hast no Need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries . And again , At a great Pennyworth pause a while : He means , that perhaps the Cheapness is apparent only , and not real ...
Remember what Poor Richard says , Buy what thou hast no Need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries . And again , At a great Pennyworth pause a while : He means , that perhaps the Cheapness is apparent only , and not real ...
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The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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