It is said, that the Northumbrian Catholics still keep secret the precise spot of the Saint's sepulture, which is only intrusted to three persons at a time. From Wordnik.com. [Marmion] Reference
Thus, the same necessity that forced men to seek the kind of sepulture which gave the longest term of existence to their souls, compelled the gods to the same course. From Wordnik.com. [History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)] Reference
Shakespeare imbibed that horror of a violation of sepulture which is observable in many parts of his writings. ". From Wordnik.com. [Our Hundred Days in Europe] Reference
Hence came the old dislike to sepulture at the north. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 46, September 14, 1850] Reference
Hades; hence the sacredness of the rites of sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Turkish province, with no trace of its place of sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
All the meed of the tomb, all the solace of sepulture, I give freely. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
This subterranean mode of sepulture is undoubtedly of Egyptian origin. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Now indeed cease from your grief, for it is time to think of the sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
It became the place of royal sepulture, and Queen Margaret was buried within it. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Thus we were able to arrive at the system of sepulture employed by this unknown race. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
From her place of sepulture a sweet smell long continued to pervade the neighbourhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
The tumulus may be considered as the most simple and the most ancient form of sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Near Ras Momi, to the east of the island, we discovered a curious form of ancient sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
Canada was laid to her rest, in the vault destined as the place of sepulture of the community. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation] Reference
This one thing I beseech thee, by whatsoever grace a vanquished enemy may claim: allow my body sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
This would be most sweet; but thou seest how destitute we are, in respect to being able to share our sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
Marcellus, surprised and slain by his Numidian horsemen, to obtain the honours of sepulture from his countrymen?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
He was buried at the bottom of the garden under a white rose tree, which still marks the place of his sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
The more probable supposition is that, like the large mounds in Montana and elsewhere, they were places of sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
The oracle at Dodōna decreed him divine honors, and ordered annual victims to be offered at the place of his sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Roman sepulture, a stone chest squared and dressed with much care, in which was deposited an urn of strong glass of greenish hue. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
This burial-place did not appear to have ever been inclosed, nor had it been used for the purpose of sepulture for nearly one century. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Mysteries of the sepulture over the transmigration of souls, the dramatic element entered largely into these mystic rites and celebrations. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Pantomime] Reference
In and beneath these places of sepulture, Dr. Dr.ggs has found many interesting relics of great antiquity, which he has brought away with him. From Wordnik.com. [Short Sketches from Oldest America] Reference
This state of things precisely tallied with the account which Herbert, the faithful servant of Charles, had given as to the place of his sepulture. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
There is neither inscription, nor monument, nor memorial window to mark the place of his sepulture; even his hatchment has been removed from its place. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
The priests did not interfere; like the Egyptian mummies cast on the Stygian shores, the culprit was unworthy of sepulture -- besides, who would pay the fees?. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
As the road did not permit a near approach of the hearse to the place of sepulture, a party of British grenadiers had the honour to bear the coffin to the grave. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 263, Supplementary Number (1827)] Reference
It was found two years afterward entirely unhurt, and even the grave clothes which surrounded it were entire, as on the day of sepulture, two hundred years before. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
The pyramid, which is but a further development in stone of this form of sepulture, is not peculiar to Egypt alone, it has been adopted in several other countries. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Even after it is laid in the tomb, in many parts of the country, the style of sepulture allows the coffin to be seen, and it is even exposed to the weather in some cases. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
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