 | David L. Holmes - History - 2006 - 241 pages
...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 corrected By the Author. Franklin was also among those Deists who remained... | |
 | George Rapanos - 2007 - 337 pages
...Franklin's Epitaph The Body of B. 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. But the work shall not be lost; For it will, as he believed, appear once more In a new and more elegant... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - Biography - 2005 - 118 pages
...Benjamin Franklin is known as a founding father of the United States of 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 ivholly lost,... | |
 | Daniel J. Benor - Mental healing - 2006 - 614 pages
...Franklin's epitaph is a poignant example of such wishes and beliefs: The Body of B. Franklin Printer Like the Cover of an Old Book Its Contents Torn Out And Stripped of its Lettering and Guilding Lies Here Food for Worms But the Work shall not be Lost For... | |
 | T. T. Crabtree - Preaching - 2006 - 401 pages
...conveys the hope we have that Christ has a glorious life for us after we shed the life we are living now. 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, For... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 513 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... | |
 | Max Cavitch - 363 pages
...printer but as a man who would find both life and afterlife in print: 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... | |
 | Michael Gelb, Sarah Miller Caldicott - Business & Economics - 2007 - 328 pages
...perspective by publishing a prospective epitaph for himself, which read: "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 Lost; For it Will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More In a New and More Elegant... | |
 | Poor Richard - Religion - 2007 - 102 pages
...Protestants and Quaker by Quakers. His self -written epitaph was "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 46 once more, In a new and... | |
 | Gus Spector - History - 2007 - 134 pages
...Streets, as seen in this 1908 postcard. He wrote his own epitaph: "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 be lost; For it will, (as he believ'd)... | |
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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... 
