 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 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,... | |
 | Presidents - 1855 - 512 pages
...following epitaph on himself was written by Doctor Franklin many years previously to his death : — The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, like the cover...contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and g.lding, lies here, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost ; for it will (as he believed)... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...taste to put the quaint composition on the slab that covers his grave. How ridiculous it would look! "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. Bnt the work shall not be lost ; For... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...wrote in his days of youth, at the age of twenty-three, was not placed over his grave in Philadelphia. The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And atript of its lettering and gilding,) Lie* here, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be loot.... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...wrote in his days of youth, at the ago ot' twenty-three, was not placed over his grave in Philadelphia. The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its content-) torn out, And stript of it« lettering nml gilding,) Lies höre, food for worms. Yet the... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...slab that covers his grave. How ridiculous it would look ! "The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PKINTEK, 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... | |
 | baroness Rosina Doyle Bulwer- Lytton - 1856 - 386 pages
...same true and wise spirit as the letter I have just read you:" 'The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PBINTEU (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies food for worms : Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Printers - 1856 - 654 pages
...a faithful copy." He then prints it in these words. * See Madame CAMPAN'S Mimoires, 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... | |
 | Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pages
...Franklin's Epitaph on himself: — " THE body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, — like the covering of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and guilding, — lies here, food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he... | |
 | William Allen - History - 1857 - 930 pages
...bimself 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 contents torn out. And gtrlpt of its lettering and gilding, Lies here, food for worms; Yet tho 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 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... 
