 | Patricia Weenolsen, Ph.D. - 1997 - 300 σελίδες
...you choose a position and stick with it. Benjamin Franklin declared his own choice in his epitaph:18 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... | |
 | Tamar E. Granor, Ted Roche, Steven Black - 1998 - 994 σελίδες
...United States of America Dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal. Contents 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... | |
 | Larry E. Tise - 1998 - 634 σελίδες
...bow'd at his command. The piece concluded with Franklin's self-styled. typically humorous epitaph: The Body of Benjamin Franklin. Printer. Like the Cover of an Old Book. Its Contents Tom Out. And Stripped of Its Lettering and Gilding Lies Here. Food for Worms: But the... | |
 | Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) - 2000 - 230 σελίδες
...the epitaph that he composed for himself, death is the way in which we are "corrected and amended": 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... | |
 | Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Ted Roche, Steven M. Black, Della Martin - 2002 - 372 σελίδες
...of a dog, it's too dark to read." Whil Hentzen Hentzenwerke Publishing March 2002 Table of Contents 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... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2003 - 193 σελίδες
...thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl." — HL Mencken "The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents stripped out, And stript of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms! Yet... | |
 | Lynn A. Robinson, LaVonne Carlson-Finnerty, Katherine A. Gleason - 2004 - 354 σελίδες
...proclaiming his belief in his autobiographical writings, he prepared this epitaph for 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. But the Work... | |
 | Lou Nicholes - 2004 - 260 σελίδες
...must have been influenced by Paul's teaching of the resurrection of the body. Here's what he wrote: "The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and striped of its lettering and binding, lies here, food for worms. But the... | |
 | Sarah R. Shaber - 2004 - 227 σελίδες
...dormitory." As he said it, he knew he hadn't finished with Helen Williams, or with Annie Evans. 52 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... | |
 | Hilaire Dubourcq - 2004 - 192 σελίδες
...printer and a man of letters. He also believed in reincarnation. This was reflected in his epitaph: 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. But the Work... | |
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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... 
