The 1741 issue of A Pocket Almanack had proved so successful that Franklin continued for some years to publish it. Only about two inches by four in size, it sometimes appeared in red and black ink and some copies had interleaved blank pages, to make them practical memorandum books. These pocket almanacs carried astronomical data, weather forecasts, dates of courts’ sitting, fairs, Quaker meetings, and royal birthdays, but no introduction, verses, or aphorisms. An exception was the almanac of 1744, in which there were three stanzas, one or two of which were repeated in several subsequent issues. War begets Poverty, Rules for computing Expence. |
1741-05-01 · London, England
1797-10-25 · Portsmouth [N.H.]
1797-11-25 · New-York [N.Y.]
Ww*s begets Poverty; Poverty Peace ; |
1798-04-14 · Philadelphia [Pa.]
WAR begets Poverty; Poverty Peate ; War begets Poverty—-Lhe world goes round, |
1857-05-09 · London, England
“ War begets poverty; poverty, peace; Peace doth make riches flow (fate ne’er doth cease) ; Riches bring pride; and pride is war’s ground ; War begets poverty,—and so the world goes round.” |
From The Ladies' Repository; a Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature, Art and Religion (1849-1876)
1857-07-01 · Cincinnati
1857-10-10 · Boston
1871-12-16 · London, England
“ War begets Poverty,—Poverty Peace ; |
1880-03-20 · London, England
“ Compute the pence of one day's expence, |