 | Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...tlie necessaries tîf lift? Anecdote. Dr. Franklin. The following epitaph, was written by himself, many years previous to his death: "The body of Benjamin...Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stripp'd of its lettering and .мМшц,) lies here food for worms; yet the work itself... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...of the necessaries of life? Anecdote. Dr. Franklin. The following epitaph, was written by himself, many years previous to his death : " The body of Benjamin...Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and etripp'd of its lettering and Aiding;,) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...?iccfftariett cf lift:? Anecdote. Dr. Frfmklin. The follow•in$ I'pilaph, was written by himwlf. many j years previous to his death: "The body of Benjamin...Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and gtrippd of its lt'ttcriii£ and giUlin?.) lies here food forwonns; yet tlie work itself... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...lift? Anecdote. Dr. Franklin. The following epitaph, was written by himself, many years previous lo his death: "The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and sildint*,) lies here food for worms; yet the work itself... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - Book industries and trade - 1845 - 234 pages
...whole tenor of his existence was a perpetual lecture against the idle, the extravagant, and the proud. 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 WORK ITSELF SHALL... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 pages
...inconvenience in his respiration from these diseases. The following epitaph on himself, was written hy him many years previous to his death : — THE BODY...PRINTER, (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS GILDING) i.ir.a HERS FOOD FOR WORMS ; YETTHEWORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, For it will,— as He helieved—... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...inconvenience in his respiration from these diseases. The following epitaph on himself, was written by him many years previous to his death : THE BODY...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 ; yet... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 702 pages
...And with every note is given, Love, if you'd be loved again. EDWIN HOUGHTS— RAVE AND 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 ; yet the work itself... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...that can live without secret prayer. DE. FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH — {Written by himself some years before his death.) — The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer — like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and bereft of its lettering and gilding — lies here, food for worms ; yet the work itself... | |
 | Frederick Follett - American newspapers - 1847 - 98 pages
...Franklin wrote his own epitaph: we give H here, as it may be new to some of our readers: THE BODY of i 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; for it will (as he believed)... | |
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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... 
