| Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...years previons to his death: THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, FRUITER, ITS CONTESTS TORN OUT, A5D STRIF-T OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING) LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS ; YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL MOT BE LOST, FOR IT WILL (AS HE RELIEVED) APPEAR OKCE MORI IN A HEW AKD THORE BEAUTIFUL EDITION, CORRECTED... | |
| Francis Alexander Durivage - 1835 - 792 Seiten
...happily displayed in an epitaph which he wrote years before his death. THE BOUT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT. AND STRIPPED OF ITS I.ETTF.RINO A*D OILDING.) I, IKS HF.RE, FOOD FOR WORMS ; YET THE WORX ITSELF «HALL... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 Seiten
...Vaughan's edition. The variation is in the following lines, which are thus printed by Mr. Vaughan. " Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will,...edition, Corrected and amended By The Author." In a note Mr. Vaughan adds; " A newspaper, in which I have seen this copy of Dr. Franklin's epitaph on... | |
| 1836 - 784 Seiten
...Franklin's : I request you to read it aloud." Mr. Meadows reading — •'The body BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents...out, And stript of its lettering and gilding, ) Lies hero, food lor worms, Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believes) appear Once... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 Seiten
...years previously to his death: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PBINTEH, like the cover of an old book, The body of its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding lies here food for worms. for it will (as he believed) appear once more Yet the work itself shall not be lost; in a new and more... | |
| Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 Seiten
...years previous to his death, was inscribed on his tombstone : — " The body of BENJAMIN FBANKLIN, Printer [like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of it» lettering and gilding], lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 Seiten
...BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTESTS TORN OUT, AND STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING, LIES HERE, FOOD FOR WORMS : YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, BUT WILL, AS HE BELIEVED, APPEAR ONCE MORE IN A NEW AND MORE BEAUTIFUL EDITION, CORRECTED AND AMENDED... | |
| 1812 - 384 Seiten
...When death claim* his debt, will plead tenON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, FAS The Body of BEMJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book,) Its contents torn out, b...'(And strip! of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms ; Yet the work itself shall... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 180 Seiten
...(like the eover of an old book, its eontent torn out and stript of its lettering and golding) lies food for worms: Yet the work itself shall not be lost. For it will (as he believed) appear onee more in a new and more beautiful edition eorrected and amended by the author*). |>egar bit Franklíns... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 268 Seiten
...BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (LIRE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTEST GILDING) LIES HERE FOOD FUR WORMS ; YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, For it will, — as He helieved — appear once more IN A JVtM and more Beautiful Edition, CORRECTED AND AMENDED EXTRACTS... | |
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