 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ... - Seite 419von Benjamin Franklin - 1818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 Seiten
...torn out, And stript of it« lettering nml gilding,) Lies höre, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new And more beautiful edition, Corrected and amended By The Author.» * We have already printed. aiUJ'. p. Í2.1Vooilbrldzc'.«... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1856 - 654 Seiten
...Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And etript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for...elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR." It had before been printed somewhat differently in Mr. Vaughan's edition. The variation is in the following... | |
 | baroness Rosina Doyle Bulwer- Lytton - 1856 - 386 Seiten
...contents torn out And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies food for worms : Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more, In a new And more beautiful edition, Corrected, and amended, BY THE AUTHOR." ' " And now, like a good, kind, little girl... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 Seiten
...The body of B. Franklin, Printer; (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for...elegant edition, Revised and corrected By the Author. Shortly before he died, however, he prescribed something simpler to be placed over the gravesite that... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2004 - 628 Seiten
...The body of B. Franklin, Printer; (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, and stripped of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for...elegant edition, Revised and corrected By the Author.™ Shortly before he died, however, he prescribed something simpler to be placed over the grave site that... | |
 | Howard Clarke - 2003 - 332 Seiten
...Franklin composed his epitaph: "The Body of/ B. Franklin Printer / (like the Cover of an old Book / Its Contents torn out / And stript of its Lettering...But the Work shall not be lost; / For it will (as he believ'd) appear once more, / In a new and more elegant Edition / Revised and Corrected / By the Author."1"'1... | |
 | Virginia Sease, Manfred Schmidt-Brabant - 2003 - 262 Seiten
...his genius, and also his spirituality. It says: B. Franklin, Printer (Like the Cover of an Old Book Its Contents torn Out And Stript of its Lettering...But the Work shall not be Lost; For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More In a New and More Elegant Edition Revised and Corrected By the Author. The... | |
 | Ryan P. Randolph - 2002 - 116 Seiten
...his thoughts on life and religion: The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering...Lies here, Food for Worms, But the Work shall not be wholly lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected... | |
 | 192 Seiten
...contents torn out, and script 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 a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by the author. When I was a boy I used to think of Heaven... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2003 - 208 Seiten
...Mencken "The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents stripped out, And stript of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself shall not be lost, more, In a new And more beautiful edition, Corrected and amended... | |
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