 | Epitaphiana - 1873 - 214 σελίδες
...all clad in gold ; Earth goes to earth sooner than earth wold. 1 06. On DR. FRANKLIN, by himself: — 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... | |
 | William Fairley - 1875 - 208 σελίδες
...all clad in gold ; Earth goes to earth sooner than earth wold. 106. On DR. FRANKLIN, by himself: — 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... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1874 - 872 σελίδες
...to Providence." His epitaph, written by himself many years before his death, has become famous : " The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer. (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out. And strict of its lettering nnd folding.) J.lea here food for worms. Vet the... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1874 - 526 σελίδες
...have produced little or nothing. Long before his death, he wrote the following epitaph upon himself: 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... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1874 - 166 σελίδες
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 | American Antiquarian Society - 1874 - 522 σελίδες
...have produced little or nothing. Long before his death, he wrote the following epitaph upon himself: 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... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 σελίδες
...a foot above the ground. It bears the following : — BENJAMIN"] ' AND [-/FRANKLIN. DEBORAH J 1790. 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 food for worms : Yet the work... | |
 | David Robert Bruce Nevin - 1875 - 260 σελίδες
...destiny." In this connection we insert the quaint epitaph written by himself long before 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 book... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1875 - 486 σελίδες
...choicest of our philosophers have held by it to their final sleep, and have written of it themselves. " 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... | |
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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... 
