 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 shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new...  Contributions to Herography - Página 551850 - 101 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 páginas
...papers, and from which this is a faithful copy : — [Epitaph written, 1728.} The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book....and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected by ТПЕ AUTHOR. 196 MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. PART VI. ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY AND SOME MARKED... | |
 | 1834 - 426 páginas
...corrections) 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 stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms: But the work shall not be lost, For... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 476 páginas
...its lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms ; Yet the work itself shall not be lost, V • For it will (as he believed) appear once more . • . in a new and more beautiful edition, iv. Corrected and amended '*. . by the Author. JOHN MORTON. JOHN MOETON was a native... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 310 páginas
...on himfelf, was p ilttcn by hun many years previous to his death — THE BODY of BIKJAHIN TSANILtlf, 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 woik itself shall not be lost,... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1835 - 792 páginas
...humor are happily displayed in an epitaph which he wrote years before his death. THE BOUT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT. AND STRIPPED OF ITS I.ETTF.RINO A*D OILDING.) I, IKS HF.RE, FOOD FOR WORMS ; YET THE WORX ITSELF «HALL NOT BE LOST, FOR... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1835 - 262 páginas
...of its lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost; fin it will, as he believed, appear once more IN A NEW and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended BY THE AUTHOR." This epitaph was never put upon his tomb.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 páginas
...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...more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AOTHOR." It had before been printed somewhat differently in Mr. Vaughan's edition. The variation is... | |
 | 1836 - 784 páginas
...passes as Franklin's : I request you to read it aloud." Mr. Meadows reading — •'The body BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding, ) Lies hero, food lor worms, Yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 páginas
...years previous to his death, was inscribed on his tombstone : — " The body of BENJAMIN FBANKLIN, Printer [like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of it» lettering and gilding], lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 páginas
...(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 ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, BUT WILL, AS HE BELIEVED, APPEAR ONCE MORE IN A NEW AND MORE... | |
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