 | 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 cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms; yet the work... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms ; Yet the... | |
 | William Allen - North America - 1832 - 816 pages
...himself many years previously to hi» death ; probably suggested by Woodbridge'« lines on John Cotton ;-*The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Like the cover of an old book, I(i comenta turn out , And itript of iu lettering lad gilding, Lie» here food for worini ; Yet the... | |
 | Songs - Printing - 1833 - 142 pages
...the night of ignorance and superstition newly dispersed, " Arise ! for it is Day !" ON DR. FRANKLIN. 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... | |
 | Origen Bacheler - Bible - 1833 - 388 pages
...his arguments merited. The following is his epitaph, written by himself a long time before 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | United States - 1834 - 426 pages
...original (with various 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...corrections) found among his 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. Its contents torn out, And stripped of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms. But the... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
