 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1850 - 458 páginas
...epitaph, which he had composed for himself some years before, might be inscribed on hia ombstoue : «The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the...contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gliding) lies here food for worms; " yet the work itself shall not be lost, but will (as he believed)... | |
 | Erastus Darrow - 1850 - 104 páginas
...but been disunited 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,... | |
 | Dudley C. Gould - 2001 - 350 páginas
...of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Ben wrote his own epitaph— The body of Benjamin Franklin like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stripped of its letters, and gilding, lies here, food for the worms. But the work shall not be lost,... | |
 | Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Ted Roche, Della Martin - 2002 - 414 páginas
...of a dog, it's too dark to read." Whil Hentzen Hentzenwerke Publishing March 2002 Table of Contents 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 For... | |
 | Howard Clarke - 2003 - 332 páginas
...freed of all imperfections. With this doctrine in mind, Franklin composed his epitaph: "The Body of/ B. Franklin Printer / (like the Cover of an old Book...But the Work shall not be lost; / For it will (as he believ'd) appear once more, / In a new and more elegant Edition / Revised and Corrected / By the Author."1"'1... | |
 | Virginia Sease, Manfred Schmidt-Brabant - 2003 - 262 páginas
...a joke; nevertheless it demonstrates his humour, his genius, and also his spirituality. It says: B. Franklin, Printer (Like the Cover of an Old Book Its...But the Work shall not be Lost; For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More In a New and More Elegant Edition Revised and Corrected By the Author. The... | |
 | Ryan P. Randolph - 2002 - 116 páginas
...write his own epitaph, which incorporated some of his thoughts on life and religion: The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book,...Lies here, Food for Worms, But the Work shall not be wholly lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2003 - 208 páginas
...thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl." — HL Mencken "The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents stripped out, And stript of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself... | |
 | Angus Jenkinson - 2003 - 292 páginas
...experiences and personality that are part of who we are today. Past lives re-emerging? The Body of B. 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, For... | |
 | 192 páginas
...ornament as they sang. JAN is Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph: The body of Benjamin Franklin (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and script 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... 
