" And as the Dahcotah woman inquires of the justice of God, the faces of her children rise up before herfirst in health, with bright eyes and lips parted with smiles, and then as she last saw themtheir hands white to transparency, the hue of death upon their features; the shrouds, the little coffins, the cold lips, as she pressed them for the last time.

So that, you see, in a cartonnage, the body was sealed up like a nut in its shell, unlike the more ancient forms in which the mummy was merely rolled up and enclosed in a wooden coffin.

They were certainly not suited for mourning; but she had no others, and therefore thrust her little bare feet into them and walked behind the plain deal coffin.

In 1595, sir Francis Drake and sir John Hawkins were sent with a fleet to the West Indies, which expedition was only memorable for the destruction of Nombre de Dios, and the death of the two commanders, of whom sir Francis Drake died January 9, 1597, and was thrown into the sea in a leaden coffin, with all the pomp of naval obsequies.

He is to be shot by a file of his own company, seated upon a rough board coffin, ready to receive his mangled remains.

Again there was a dismal procession through the gray morning to the willow grove, where we stood beneath the dripping branches, while afar off the rude coffin was lowered to its last resting-place.

Suddenly a shell from Mont Valérien fell on the tiny coffin, and, bursting, scattered the remains of the dead child upon the living father.

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The paid quartette had sung their sweetest, while Doctor Jerome, standing beside the frozen face in the massive coffin, had delivered an eloquent eulogium, and Mrs. Hildreth, clad in her costly robes of mourning, had been led to her carriage by her son.

Must I never listen to the sweet music of your voice again?" John roused himself at last from the feeling of despair and, taking the best boards left from the wreck, constructed a neat coffin.

Die thenno sad falling tear will recall thee, Fast will the roof of thy pine coffin wall thee, Heavy the earth falls upon the sad hearted Only one more from humanity parted; One whose home-going no fond heart is tearing One for whom no soul will sorrow despairing!

The corpse was lying in a narrow coffin, upon a low bier, both of which were covered with a white pall.

It was observed at the same time, that "the lead coffin of Henry VIII.

Nothing but lime-dust and dirt was found in the chamber; but in the course of thousands of years most of these barrows have probably been opened a good many times by Cotswold natives in search of "golden coffins" and other treasures.

At length one of the officers of the court procured a cheap coffin, and one of the canons of Saint Peter's gave five crowns to pay the expenses of the burial.

The body of Abélard was placed in a monolith coffin and buried in the chapel of the monastery of St. Marcel; but Peter the Venerable twenty-two years afterward allowed it to be secretly removed, and carried to the Paraclete, where Abélard had wished to lie.

And it is possible that a respectable and harmless pair of corpses turned in their respective coffins somewhere in the neighborhood of Norwood.

He has her night robe brought, orders her wrapped in it and her remains placed in a triple coffin.

He took the hundred gold gulden which the bailiff had already sent him for the stables in Dresden, and ordered a funeral ceremony that seemed more suitable for a princess than for heran oaken coffin heavily trimmed with metal, cushions of silk with gold and silver tassels, and a grave eight yards deep lined with stones and mortar.

Pardner wartedbring own coffin.

Among the extraordinary fancies of this extraordinary racewho are ever panting for something new, even if it be a new territorythe most strange is the metallic coffin: the grave is no protection against their mania for novelty.

Slaves were also sacrificed by them at their obsequies, in order that they might not be without attendance in the world of shadows; and the numerous coffins, implements, arms, and trinkets, protected by superstitious terrors, continued to be undisturbed for centuries.

Martha, why was I put into that odious shaped coffin?

Two of us ventured below and discovered the chapter, all robed in purple, sitting round a pall with a presumable coffin underneath.

"The head man and the village priest rejoiced, and the woman took the dead body home and washed it, and clothed it in white linen, and she ordered a three-rouble coffin covered with purple cloth.