 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...  The Manchester iris - Стр. 561822Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - Страниц: 586
...composition on the slab that covers his grave. How ridiculous it would look! "The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, Like the cover of an old book, Its contents...stripped of its lettering and gilding, Lies here food for worms. Bnt the work shall not be lost ; For it «ill (as he belicvcdj Appear once more In :i new and... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - Страниц: 586
...slab that covers his grave. How ridiculous it would look ! "The body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PKINTEK, Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out,...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... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - Страниц: 294
...age of twenty-three, was not placed over his grave in Philadelphia. The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And atript of its lettering and gilding,) Lie* here, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be loot.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - Страниц: 402
...for himself, before he was twenty-one years old. It is as follows: "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 shall not be lost, For... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 512
...written by Doctor Franklin many years previously to 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 g.lding, lies here, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost... | |
 | William Ross Wallace - 1856 - Страниц: 192
...following (written subsequently) which has been so justly admired. " 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... | |
 | baroness Rosina Doyle Bulwer- Lytton - 1856 - Страниц: 386
...same true and wise spirit as the letter I have just read you:" 'The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PBINTEU (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 not be lost,... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - Страниц: 560
...before his death, which took place April 17th, 1790, aged 84 years: — " 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,... | |
 | William Allen - 1857 - Страниц: 930
...death ; probably suggested by Woodbridge's lines on John Cotton : " The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out. And gtrlpt of its lettering and gilding, Lies here, food for worms; Yet tho work itself shall not be lost,... | |
 | Charles C. B. Seymour - 1858 - Страниц: 606
...young man of twenty-three years, he penned the following quaint epitaph : The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Like the Cover of an old Book, Its contents torn...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... | |
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