 | Harmon Kingsbury - 1840 - 402 Seiten
...FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH.—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 stripped of its lettering and gilding,) lies here food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | Origen Bacheler, Robert Dale Owen - 1840 - 386 Seiten
...arguments merited. The following is his epitaph, writ leu by himself a long time be ore his death. 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... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 590 Seiten
...the following epitaph, written by himself, and intended by him to be inscribed upon his tombstone : ' The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the...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... | |
 | Edward Currier - 1841 - 474 Seiten
...The following epitaph on himself was written by Doctor Franklin, many years previously to his death : The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, like the cover...its lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms. Yet ihe work itself shall not be lost ; for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and... | |
 | 1841 - 474 Seiten
...directly from Cotton Mather's Magnolia : 355 THE FAERIE BRIDAL. [AugUst, " The body of BENJAMIN FHANKLW, printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents...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... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 594 Seiten
...intended by him to be inscribed upon his tombstone : ' The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like die cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript...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... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 530 Seiten
...the following epitaph, written by himself, and intended by him to be inscribed upon his tombstone : ' 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 be... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1842 - 454 Seiten
...epitaph, which he had composed for himself ome years before, might be inscribed on Ins ombstone : " The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the...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... | |
 | 1842 - 194 Seiten
...epitaph on himself was written by him many years previous to his death : The Body of BENJAMIN FRAHKLIS, Printer, [like the cover of an old book, its contents...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... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 Seiten
...though rather quaint, there is something good about it. 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 shall not be lost, For it nli;.U (as he believed) Appear ouce more in a new And most beautiful... | |
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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... 
