 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 764 pages
...BOIY of BEHJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, Like the COVER of an OLD BOOB> Its contents torn out, And ftript of its lettering and gilding, Lies here food for worms. Yet the WORK itfeif fhall not be loft ; For it wi'l (as he believed; appear once more, In a HEW and MORF BEAUTIFUL... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Physicians - 1817 - 432 pages
...of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer > like >. ! it cover of an old book, its contents worn out, and etript of its lettering and gilding, lies here, food for worms . Yet the work shall not be lost ; for it will (as he believed) appear once more, ia » new and more beautiful edition,... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...ago, might be, inscribed on his tombstone : The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the covering of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript...for worms ; Yet the work itself shall not be lost, but wills (as he believed,) Appear once more in a new and more Beautiful edition, corrected and amended... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...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...lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear onre more, In a new, and more elegant... | |
 | William Barton - Astronomers - 1818 - 620 pages
...the Life of Franklin. THE BODY of BENJAMIN FBANKLIN, Printer, (Like the Cover of an old Book, It's Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and...here, food for worms; Yet the Work itself shall not be los(, For it will (as he believed) appear once more, In a new And more beautiful Edition, . Corrected... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...copy. [Epitaph written 1728.] The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, T 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, and more elegant... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...the Body of BEN FRANKLIN, Printer. Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out And irtript of its lettering and gilding, Lies here, food for worms. Yet the work shall not be lost ; But it shall, as he believed. Once more appear, In a new and beautiful edition,... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...G?orf." 3C4 THE LIFE OF DR. FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH. "THE BODY OF HEAJ3MLV FRWKLIJV, PRIJVTEK. LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, its contents torn out,...and gilding, lies here food for worms. Yet the work itsell shall not be lost; for it will, as he believed, appear once more IN A NEW t aud more beautiful... | |
 | 1822 - 394 pages
...mistake not was wrote by Benjamin Franklin for himself, viz. 'The ' body of Benjamin 1'Yankl in. Printer, like the cover of ' an old book, its contents torn out and stripped of its ' lettering and gilding, lies here, food for the worms : ' yet the work itself shall... | |
 | Isaac Holmes - History - 1823 - 490 pages
...sketch, with transcribing the following Epitaph, which he wrote on himself. Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, (Like the cover of an old Book, Its contents torn...work itself shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more, In a. new And more beautiful Edition, Corrected and Amended, By • . .... | |
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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... 
