 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 636 pages
...in the immortality of the soul is inconsistent with a knowledge and love of natural science : — ' The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer (like the cover of an old book with its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding), lies here food for worms : yet... | |
 | baroness Rosina Doyle Bulwer- Lytton - 1859 - 464 pages
...; and it is quite in the same true and wise spirit as the letter I have just read you : "'The Body BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies food for worms : Yet the work itself shall... | |
 | Francis H. Smith - Christian life - 1860 - 244 pages
...Franklin, when a young man, wrote the following epitapli on himself, which was found among his papers after 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 work itself... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 788 pages
...as 1727, when Franklin was only twenty-two years of age, he wrote the following epitaph for himself: 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 794 pages
...1727, when Franklin was only twenty-two years of age, he wrote the following epitaph for himself : 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... | |
 | Perseverance - Biography - 1862 - 310 pages
...plain marble slab which marks his grave, which, by his own wish, bears only his name and the date of 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 WORK ITSELF SHALL... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - France - 1863 - 406 pages
...twenty-three years of age he had written his own epitaph : — " Here lies Nourishment for the worms, The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer ; Like the cover of an old book of which the leaves are torn out. Of which The binding is worn ; but the Work will not be lost, for... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - France - 1863 - 432 pages
...twenty-three years of age he had written his own epitaph :— "Here lies Nourishment for the worms, The 1 body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer; Like the cover of an old book of which the leaves are torn out. Of which The binding is worn ; but the Work will not be lost, for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...The following epitaph on himself, was written by hun manf Teats previous to his death — THE BODY" 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...before been so well expressed, was written by Franklin when he was about twenty-three years if age : " 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 work itself... | |
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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... 
