 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 788 pages
...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...Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once moro In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 794 pages
...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...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 edition, Revised and... | |
 | Dudley C. Gould - 2001 - 350 pages
...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, for it will, as... | |
 | James L. Machor, Philip Goldstein - 2001 - 424 pages
...the mind as a tahula rasa, and Franklin formulated an epitaph for himself:" The Body of B. Franklin, Printer, Like the cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering & Gilding Lies here. Food for Worms. But the Work shall not he losr; For it... | |
 | Peter Burke - 2001 - 324 pages
...Franklin, Printer, Like the cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering & Gilding Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be lost; For it will, as he believ'd, Appear once more In a new and more elegant Edition Corrected and... | |
 | Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Ted Roche, Della Martin - 2002 - 414 pages
...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...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 edition Revised and corrected... | |
 | Angus Jenkinson - 2003 - 292 pages
...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...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 Edition Revised and Corrected... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 pages
...through this world: The body of B. Franklin, Printer; (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, and stripped 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 edition, Revised and... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 pages
...through this world: The body of B. Franklin, Printer; (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, and stripped 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 edition, Revised and... | |
 | Ryan P. Randolph - 2002 - 116 pages
...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, Its contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms, But the Work shall not be wholly 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... 
