 | Erastus Darrow - 1850 - 104 pages
...from his eternal part, and was laid to rest beneath this self-written epitaph : 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,... | |
 | 1850 - 138 pages
...from his eternal part, and was laid to rest beneath this self-written epitaph : The Body Of BXNJAMIN 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,... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1850 - 458 pages
...composed for himself some years before, might be inscribed on hia ombstoue : «The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gliding) lies here food for worms; " yet the work itself shall not be lost,... | |
 | F. W. Bogen - 1851 - 188 pages
...following epitaph4 on himself, was written by him many years previous to his death : THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER* OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT, AND STRIPT1 OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING,) LIES HERE, FOOD FOR WORMS, YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE... | |
 | 350 pages
...influence on his mind. Among his pnpers was found the following inscription : The Body BENJAHTN°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,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pages
...was only twenty-two years of age, he wrote the following epitaph for himself: The Body of BENJAMIN on of Pitt's Speech. His sudden Illness and Death. Copley's Picture of the S stripped of its lettering and gilding), Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - 478 pages
...new and fairer life for the soul, the immortal work, divested of its earthly covering. 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. Tet THE WORK ITSELF shall not he lost,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...expressed, was written by Franklin when he was about twenty-three years of age: " 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 itself shall not be lost,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 pages
...upon the plain marl>!<-elab that covers his grave. — .Viu /</, "The Body of BÏIHJAMIN FRINKLIS, Printer, ¡like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out. and iinpt of its lettering and gilding], lies here food for worm«; yet the work itself shall not be lost,... | |
 | 1854 - 666 pages
...Tode vertagst hat und die wir im Original mitzntheilen uns erlauben. Sie lautet: 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 ; Tet the work itself ghall 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... 
