| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 294 頁
...wrote in his days of youth, at the 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 - 402 頁
...here the epitaph which he wrote 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... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 頁
...wrote in his days of youth, at the ago ot' twenty-three, was not placed over his grave in Philadelphia. The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its content-) torn out, And stript of it« lettering nml gilding,) Lies höre, food for worms. Yet the... | |
| William Ross Wallace - 1856 - 192 頁
...similarity between the above and the 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... | |
| W. D. Chesney - 1996 - 144 頁
...follow, and know where to find him. — Benj. Franklin, Printer." Franklin's self-written Epitaph: THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRINTER (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT, AMD STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING) LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE... | |
| Judy Jacobson - 1996 - 96 頁
...Franklin's 1725 self-composed epitaph seems an appropriate closing for a discussion on tombstones. "The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old books, its contents torn out and script of its lettering and gilding.) Lies here food for worms; But... | |
| Frederick Levison - 1997 - 100 頁
...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 頁
...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... | |
| Larry E. Tise - 1998 - 690 頁
...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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 頁
...references to errata where appropriate (Zall, 'Portrait of the Autobiographer', 57-8). 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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