 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 oldal
...dig our graves with our teeth.—Sir Astley Cooper. 1398. Franklin's Epitaph (composed by Himself.) THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTESTS TORN OUT, AND STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING, LIES HERE, FOOD FOR WORMS : YET THE WORK... | |
 | 1812 - 384 oldal
...[fold for you. When death claim* his debt, will plead tenON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, FAS The Body of BEMJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book,) Its contents torn out, b...'(And strip! of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms ; Yet the work itself shall... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1839 - 524 oldal
...was written by himself, many years previously to his Heath : The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PBIRTIS, Like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and etript of ita lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms ; Yet the work itoelf shall not be lost,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 246 oldal
...many years previous to his death : — THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,. PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER OF A* OL'D BOOK, ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT, AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND OlLDING) LIES HERB FOOD FOR WORMS ; YETTHE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, For it will, — as He believed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 664 oldal
...a faithful copy." He then prints it in these words. * See Madame CAMPAH'S Mtmoires, Tom. I. p. 233. "The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And etript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For... | |
 | Harmon Kingsbury - 1840 - 402 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 - 530 oldal
...Franklin we find the following epitaph, written by himself, and intended by him to be inscribed upon his tombstone : ' The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer...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... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 oldal
...written by Doctor Franklin, many years previously to his death: The bodr of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PHIHTEB, like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and -trip! of its lettering and gilding lies here food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 754 oldal
...of age, as appears by the original, found 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 out, And stripped of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For... | |
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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 lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more In... 
