 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 trang
...Benjamin Franklin, vol. 19, ed. WB Willcox (1975). Letter, Sept. 26, 1772. On the death of a squirrel. 4 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... | |
 | Frederick Levison - 1997 - 100 trang
...expressed by Benjamin Franklin in the epitaph he composed for his tomb but which was never inscribed on it: 'The body of Benjamin 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 itself shall... | |
 | Patricia Weenolsen, Ph.D. - 1997 - 324 trang
...you choose a position and stick with it. Benjamin Franklin declared his own choice in his epitaph:18 The body of Benjamin 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! Yet the work itself shall... | |
 | Tamar E. Granor, Ted Roche, Steven Black - 1998 - 996 trang
...United States of America Dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal. Contents 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... | |
 | Larry E. Tise - 1998 - 690 trang
...bow'd at his command. The piece concluded with Franklin's self-styled. typically humorous epitaph: The Body of Benjamin Franklin. Printer. Like the Cover of an Old Book. Its Contents Tom Out. And Stripped of Its Lettering and Gilding Lies Here. Food for Worms: But the Work Shall Not... | |
 | Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) - 2000 - 254 trang
...the epitaph that he composed for himself, death is the way in which we are "corrected and amended": The body of Benjamin 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! Yet the work itself will... | |
 | Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Ted Roche, Della Martin - 2002 - 414 trang
...of a dog, it's too dark to 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 torn out And stripped of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not... | |
 | Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo - 2003 - 208 trang
...thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl." — HL Mencken "The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents stripped out, And stript of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself... | |
 | Lynn A. Robinson, LaVonne Carlson-Finnerty, Katherine A. Gleason - 2004 - 388 trang
...proclaiming his belief in his autobiographical writings, he prepared this epitaph for his tombstone: "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... | |
 | Sarah R. Shaber - 2004 - 252 trang
...dormitory." As he said it, he knew he hadn't finished with Helen Williams, or with Annie Evans. 52 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 world shall... | |
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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... 
