 | Francis H. Smith - 1860 - 244 σελίδες
...young man, wrote the following epitapli on himself, which was found among his papers after his death : 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... | |
 | Perseverance - 1862 - 310 σελίδες
...slab which marks his grave, which, by his own wish, bears only his name and the date of his death, 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... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - 1863 - 406 σελίδες
...twenty-three years of age he had written his own epitaph : — " Here lies Nourishment for the worms, The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer ; Like the cover of an old book of which the leaves are torn out. Of which The binding is worn ; but the Work will not be lost, for... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - 1863 - 432 σελίδες
...twenty-three years of age he had written his own epitaph :— "Here lies Nourishment for the worms, The 1 body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer; Like the cover of an old book of which the leaves are torn out. Of which The binding is worn ; but the Work will not be lost, for... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1881 - 548 σελίδες
...his epitaph, written more than sixty years before by himself, and found amongst his papers : — " 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 σελίδες
...before been so well expressed, was written by Franklin when he was about twenty-three years if age : " 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... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1868 - 692 σελίδες
...paste's no more, My heel's served on, my pegs are driven, — I hope I'm on the road to heaven 1 " "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... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 σελίδες
...epitaph, which he had composed for himself some years before, might be inscribed on his tombstone : " 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... | |
 | 1871 - 784 σελίδες
...grave-yard, Philadelphia. The following epitaph he wrote for himself before he was twenty -one years old : " 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... | |
 | 1872 - 592 σελίδες
...it a steady support." BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF. WRITTEN MANY YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH. THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old Imok, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet... | |
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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... 
