 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 310 strani
...himfelf, was p ilttcn by hun many years previous to his death — THE BODY of BIKJAHIN TSANILtlf, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn...lettering and gilding lies here food for worms ; yet the woik itself shall not be lost, tot it win (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more Iwauiiful... | |
 | 1834 - 426 strani
...among his papers, and from which this is a faithful copy. "The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn...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 newj and more elegant... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 312 strani
...years previous to his deatlvrTHE BODY of BENJAMtN FRANKLtN, Printer, (like the cover of an old hook, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering...here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not he lost. for it will (as he helived) appear once more in a new and mure henutiful edition, corrected... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 strani
...which this is a faithful copy : — [Epitaph written, 1728.} 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. But the work shall not be lost, For... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
 | 1836 - 784 strani
...: I request you to read it aloud." Mr. Meadows reading — •'The body BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn...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 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 strani
...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, as he believed, appear once more, In a new And more beautiful edition, Corrected and amended By The Author."... | |
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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... 
