 | Congregationalism - 1823 - 684 pages
...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...gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) Appear once more, In a new, and more elegant edition.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...diseases. The following epitaph on himself, was written bv him many years previous to his death — THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the...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 a new and... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...must not be omitted here. It was first composed in the year 1728. THE BODY ' of BENJAMIN FRANKLIK, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents...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 a new and more... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...though it has been often quoted, must not be omitted here. It was first composed in the year 1728. THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, , ! (.like...cover of an old book, ^ its contents torn out, and stripi of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms; yet the work itself shall not be lost,... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1820 - 458 pages
...epitaph, which he had composed for himself ome years before, might be inscribed on bis ombstone : " The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the...its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms; yet the work itself shall not be lost, but will (as he believed) appear once more .' iu a new and more... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...subjoining the following epitaph, which was written by himself, many years previously to his death : The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, Like the cover...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 a new and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...subjects. The following epitaph on himself was written by Dr. Franklin many years before his death : — The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, Like the cover of an old book. Its contents torn out, And si i • pi of its lettering and gilding, Lies here fuod for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1832 - 484 pages
...was written by himself, many years previously to his death : The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PBINTEB, Like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out,...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 a new and... | |
 | William Allen - Electronic books - 1832 - 820 pages
...many years previously to his death ; probably suggested by Woodbridge's lines on John Cotton ; — The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Like the cover of an old book, . . Its content* turn out, And stript of it* lettering and gilding, I.ii's here food for worms ; Yet the work... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1833 - 466 pages
...epitaph, which he had composed for himself some years before, might be inscribed on Ыг tombstone : "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 ; yet the work itself shall not be lost,... | |
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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... 
