| 单词 | poor richard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPoor Richard Poor Richard n. the supposed author of a series of almanacs published by Benjamin Franklin between 1732 and 1757 in which advice was dispensed in the form of maxims; frequently in as Poor Richard says.Franklin's maxims were popularized after a number of them were collected in a preface to the almanac for 1758, where each was followed by the phrase as Poor Richard says (see quot. 1757); this preface was later reprinted as Father Abraham's Speech and The Way to Wealth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writers of other types of material metaphrast1610 lasher1611 pastoralist1619 amorist1642 travel writer1711 party writer1715 Poor Richard1757 murdermonger1785 manners-painter1807 institutionalist1817 paroemiographer1823 nautical1831 nonsense-writera1835 recaster1841 serialist1845 snobographer1848 librettist1862 palindromist1872 fragmentist1874 text-man1900 scriptwriter1911 paradoxographer1917 absurdist1929 blogger1999 weblogger1999 1732 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 1733 (February) N. N. of B—s County, pray don't be angry with poor Richard.] 1757 B. Franklin Poor Richard Improved Pref. Father Abraham stood up, and reply'd, If you'd have my Advice, I'll give it you in short, for a Word to the Wise is enough, and many Words won't fill a Bushel, as Poor Richard says. 1779 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Prophesy 4 I have frequently heard one or other of my adages repeated, with, as poor Richard says, at the end on't. ?1800 Brit. Jester 132 Remember what poor Richard says,..‘At a great pennyworth’... He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real. 1855 H. Melville Israel Potter ix. 59 Ah, what's this Poor Richard says: ‘God helps them that help themselves.’ Let's consider that. Poor Richard ain't a Dunker, that's certain. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 13 383 [The American] is fond of the axioms of Poor Richard, and discovers their truth anew in his own experience. 1975 Publishers Weekly 28 July 116/1 They tell their readers to ‘deep six’ Poor Richard and put his advice into reverse. 2005 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 30 Sept. a13 We'll become more vigilant because, as Poor Richard says, ‘Creditors have better memories than debtors.’ < as lemmas |
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