 | Mitchell Meltzer - History - 2005 - 216 pages
...and in perfect health, he had composed his now celebrated epitaph: The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out,...Lettering and gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believe'd, appear once more, In a new & more... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 514 pages
...I wrote the following epitaph, and gave it to many of my friends: The Body of B Franklin, Printer; Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out,...lettering and gilding, Lies here, food for worms, But the work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more... | |
 | Zareba - 2005 - 216 pages
...body of Benjamin Franklin (Like the cover of an old book, it's contents torn out, and stripped of it's lettering and gilding) lies here, food for worms. Yet the work itself shall not be lost. For it will appear once more in a new and beautiful edition, corrected and amended by the author. Benjamin Franklin... | |
 | Alf J. Mapp - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 196 pages
...a benevolent God and belief in the immortality of the soul: 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 not be lost,... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - Inventors - 2005 - 122 pages
...Franklin is known as a founding father of the United States of America. The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its contents torn out, And script of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost,... | |
 | Ron Wendel - Reference - 2009 - 132 pages
...wrote his own epitaph. This is how he wanted to be remembered: 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 shall not be lost,... | |
 | Rex Hickox - Self-Help - 2006 - 140 pages
...printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents worn out, And script of its lettering and guilding), Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself shall...and more beautiful edition, Corrected and amended by its Author! His Epitaph, by Ben Franklin Richard Baxter Life is what happens to you while you are busy... | |
 | Tom Huntington - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 100 pages
...wit and personality of the Benjamin Franklin we like to remember: The Body of B. Franklin/Printer, Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out,...Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost. For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more... | |
 | Joyce E. Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 440 pages
...kept and privately circulated it as a lifelong memento mori:3 39 The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out,...Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more... | |
 | Kathleen E. Miller - Humor - 2006 - 166 pages
...book its contents torn out/and stript of its lettering and gilding)/ Lies here, food for worms/ But the work itself / shall not be lost/ For it will,...he believed/ appear once more/ In a new/ and more elegant edition/ Revised and corrected/ By/ The Author. [Ben, unlike poor John, was not regretted by... | |
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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... 
