 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...himself, was written bv kim many years previous to his death : THE BODY .of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (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 The Author.... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...himself some years before, might be inscribed on his tombstone ; " The body of BENJAMIN FRAKKMN, Printer (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn...for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, but (as he believed•) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended... | |
 | 1823 - 736 pages
...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...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... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...(like the cover of an old book 'its contents torn out ami siripi of its lettering and golding) lies food for worms: '•'*';• Yet the 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 THE... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...which this is a faithful copy. "The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, (Like the cover of an old hook, Its contents torn out. And stript of its lettering and gilding, ) Lies here, food for worms; But the work shall not he lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more, In a new, and more elegant... | |
 | Collection - 1823 - 334 pages
...FRANKLIN. The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, Stript of its lettering and gilding, Lies here — food for worms : Yet, the work shall not be lost, For it shall (as he believed) appear once more, In a new and beautiful edition,... | |
 | Statesmen - 1824 - 518 pages
...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,) For Lies here, food for worms: I But the work shall not be lost, it will (as he believed) appear once... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...himself, was written bv him many years previous to his death — THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (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 THE AUTHOR.... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1823 - 684 pages
...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...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... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...be omitted here. It was first composed in the year 1728. THE BODY ' of BENJAMIN FRANKLIK, Printer, (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 THE AUTHOR.... | |
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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... 
