 | 1844 - 592 Seiten
...— Bedfordshire. The first by Franklin was the following Epitaph written in 1728. " The Body of B. Franklin, Printer, (Like the Cover of an old Book, Its contents torn out And itript of its Leitering and Gilding) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost ; For... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 Seiten
...Dr. Frfmklin. The follow•in$ I'pilaph, was written by himwlf. many j years previous to his death: "The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and gtrippd of its lt'ttcriii£ and giUlin?.) lies here food forwonns; yet tlie work itself shall not be... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 Seiten
...Anecdote. Dr. Franklin. The following epitaph, was written by himself, many years previous lo his death: "The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and sildint*,) lies here food for worms; yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 Seiten
...Anecdote. Dr. Franklin. The following epitaph, was written by himself, many years previous to his death: "The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and Btripp'd of its lettering and gilding,) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - 1845 - 234 Seiten
...whole tenor of his existence was a perpetual lecture against the idle, the extravagant, and the proud. THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS WORN OUT, AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING,) LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS. YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 702 Seiten
...And with every note is given, Love, if you'd be loved again. EDWIN HOUGHTS— RAVE AND EPITAPH.— The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer (like the cover of an old book ; its contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding) , lies here, food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 Seiten
...diseases. The following epitaph on himself, was written hy him many years previous to his death : — THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS GILDING) i.ir.a HERS FOOD FOR WORMS ; YETTHEWORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, For it will,— as He helieved—... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...these diseases. The following epitaph on himself, was written by him many years previous to his death : THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old hook, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet... | |
 | 1744 - 726 Seiten
...without secret prayer. DE. FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH — {Written by himself some years before his death.) — The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer — like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and bereft of its lettering and gilding — lies here, food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | Frederick Follett - 1847 - 98 Seiten
...Franklin wrote his own epitaph: we give H here, as it may be new to some of our readers: THE BODY of i BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms; for it will (as he believed) appear... | |
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THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in... 
