The new arrangements under the Eight Hours Act enabled the workmen of various pits to attend the final obsequies in large numbers. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The funeral services were held on the 20th of February, and his obsequies were the largest Washington had ever seen, except those of the late Abraham Lincoln. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
But how different the obsequies of the two heroes!. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference
Thus she performed the obsequies of her first love!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The obsequies of these personages were grand ceremonials. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
All things were then arranged for the obsequies, and Tupac. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
In 1885 it was secularized for the obsequies of Victor Hugo. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
When, exactly, did showbiz take over everything, even obsequies?. From Wordnik.com. [Problems At The Pentagon] Reference
If I might suggest my obsequies, I should like to be cremated in Type. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891] Reference
A great concourse of people assembled for the obsequies of the venerable. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
His funeral obsequies were at last taking place upon the spot where he fell. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
The author of the Act of 1914, Mr. ASQUITH, was not present at the obsequies. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920] Reference
Newspapers "obsessed over the minutiae of the funeral obsequies," writes Mr. Swanson. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Goodbye] Reference
At his funeral obsequies the streets were thronged, and thousands followed in his train. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
The obsequies of Mr. MADDERLEY's shoes and his umbrella -- all that was left of the unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891] Reference
The obsequies were not attended by the Marquis, who had not been on friendly terms with his father. From Wordnik.com. [The Portland Peerage Romance] Reference
And when the obsequies are over, he will return to Kamalapura, on the night before the moon is full. From Wordnik.com. [The Substance of a Dream] Reference
"If we get our throats cut, I hope Miss Beecher will return from the desert in time for our obsequies.". From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
Again and again, and the obsequies of a brave officer and true English gentleman and sportsman were over. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
To perish from snake-bite is considered a natural death, and in such cases the usual obsequies are awarded. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He ordered the assassins to be executed, and directed that fitting obsequies should be performed over the body. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
One who took a prominent part in the funeral obsequies of Mr. Collamer was Solomon Foot, the surviving Senator from. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
They were welcome to die, if only they could and would have first made adequate arrangements for their own obsequies. From Wordnik.com. [With the British Army in The Holy Land] Reference
A vast number of the lower class attended the obsequies; for she had well deserved the title of patroness of the poor. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 263, Supplementary Number (1827)] Reference
"Reflections," and their sound had gone forth like the tolling of a vast funeral bell for the obsequies of European monarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The ceremony on this occasion exhibited none of the pomp and circumstance which attended the obsequies of the hero of Trafalgar. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
When that tiger among men endued with great prowess was slain, Bhishma, the son of Santanu, performed, O king, all his obsequies. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
A long time afterward this same general was one of the pall bearers at the funeral obsequies of the aide-de-camp who had buried him. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
From the same paper, of January 30th, 1871, we extract an account of the funeral obsequies which took place on Saturday, January 28th. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
Ary Scheffer's picture is like the epitaph destined some day for the obsequies of the world; it breathes of death, and has the sombre harmony of the Miserere. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859] Reference
He was the last to fill that office, and it fell to his lot, as such, to wind up the affairs of the ancient society, and so, in a sense, to perform its obsequies. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
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