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" I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has... "
The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical ... - Page 95
by Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10

1796 - 34 pages
...Pensylvanian Almanack, intitled, " Poor Richard improved," WRITTEN BY DR. BKNJ. FRANKLIN. Courteous Reader, I have heard, that nothing gives an author so ^great...pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 78 pages
...intitled " Poor Richard's Almanack, fo^ the year 1759." I have heard, that nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted...learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed ; fortho' I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacks) annually now...
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The complete works ... of ... Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...in the Preface of an old Pensylvania Almanack, intitled, Poor Richard Improved*. COURTEOUS READER, I HAVE heard, that nothing gives an author so great...pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical ..., Volume 9

1812 - 314 pages
...intitled " Poor Richard's Almanack, for the year 1758." I have heard, that nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted...learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed ; fortho' I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacks) annually now...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 6

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...OF AN OLD PENNSYLTANIAN ALMAN ACK, ENTITLED, POOR RICHARD IMPROVED. COURTEOUS HEADER, I HAVE beard, that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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Lionel and Clarissa, by I. Bickerstaff. The toy shop; the king and the ...

James Plumptre - 1812 - 424 pages
...house.. I have heard (says the supposed author of the Almanack, Richard Sounders, or POOR RICHARD,) that nothing gives an author so great pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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The Cheap magazine [ed. by G. Miller.] Vol, Volume 1

George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...Man's Fireside Companion. No. III.] MARCH, 1813. THE AUCTION ROOM; OB, THfc STORY OF FATHER ABRAHAM. •I HAVE heard, that nothing gives an author so great...learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed j for though I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of Almanacks) annually...
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...shown in the Preface of an old Pennsylvania Almanac, entitled, Poor Bichard Improved* COURTEOUS READER, I HAVE heard, that nothing gives an author so great...pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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Essays and Letters, Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...Preface of an old Pennsylvania Almanact entitled, Poor Richard Improved* / COURTEOUS HEADER, I HAYE heard, that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable ...

Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 pages
...the same title, viz. "THE WAY TO WEALTH," or "POOR ,'" improved— which runs thus: COURTEOUS READER, I have heard that nothing gives an author so great...pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then; how much I must have, been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you....
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