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The coffin stood on trestles in a corner of the long low dimly lit funeral parlor, on its dark shining surface the sheaf of white roses I had ordered.
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French President Jacques Chirac stood alone beside Arafat's coffin for about ten minutes in a last show of respect for Arafat, whom he hailed as " a man of courage ".
A number of officers of the Welsh Guards stood in vigil around the Queen Mother's coffin which was lying in state in Westminster Hall, one of a number of regiments to do so.
This was the final nail in the coffin of all that Mustafà, Moreschi and their colleagues stood for, since one of its decrees stated: " Whenever.
The coffin stood in a church for a week before being driven back south and buried in the government's chosen spot on 16 November, Jónas ' birthday.
Top Communist Party officials, some wearing black suits and black ties, solemnly stood to attention in the front row of mourners before Kiệt's coffin during the service.
In October 1968, during road-widening works on the A1077, workers found a massive stone coffin containing a skeleton later identified as being that of a young woman aged between 20 and 25 years of age, who stood 5 ' 3 " ( 1. 6 m ) tall.
After his death in 1965 Cornets from the Regiment stood vigil over his catafaulque in Westminster and carried his coffin to the funeral train and to the graveside.
When the coffin was put down into the tomb, Maria Feodorovna stood next to Xenia, holding her arm-in-arm and suddenly, looking at her daughter with widely open, unseeing eyes, she loudly said, " Let's go home.
The pall bearers had a hard struggle in carrying the remains down the incline leading from the house to the road and when they deposited the coffin in the wagon, beads of perspiration stood out on their foreheads.
coffin and on
It is well for us to remember that a wreath on a coffin never can atone for flowers withheld while they still can be enjoyed.
The coffin was put in the chapel on the first floor of the Arc on 10 November 1920, and put in its final resting place on 28 January 1921.
Two months later, on 1 March 1978, Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen from its grave by two unemployed mechanics, Polish Roman Wardas and Bulgarian Gantcho Ganev, in an attempt to extort money from Chaplin's widow, Oona Chaplin.
Campbell was interred in Coniston cemetery on 12 September 2001 after his coffin was carried around the lake.
A lead coffin inside a stone sarcophagus with her name on it was found and opened in 2008 by archaeologists during work on the building.
A wry trick of others is to request the reader to get off their resting place, inasmuch as the reader would have to be standing on the ground above the coffin to read the inscription.
Elizabeth's coffin was carried downriver at night to Whitehall, on a barge lit with torches.
At her funeral on 28 April, the coffin was taken to Westminster Abbey on a hearse drawn by four horses hung with black velvet.
In 1953 the coffin was moved to Burg Hohenzollern, where it remained until 1991, when it was finally laid to rest on the steps of the altar in the Kaiser Friedrich Mausoleum in the Church of Peace on the palace grounds of Sanssouci.
In keeping with the custom of that time, Palestrina was buried on the same day he died, in a plain coffin with a lead plate on which was inscribed Libera me Domine.
The vast majority of hearses since then have been based on larger, more powerful car chassis, generally retaining the front end up to and possibly including the front doors but with custom bodywork to the rear to contain the coffin.
Dalí was so insistent on this fact that eventually an X-ray was done of the canvas, confirming his suspicions: the painting contains a painted-over geometric shape strikingly similar to a coffin.
However, it is unclear whether Millet changed his mind on the meaning of the painting, or even if the shape actually is a coffin.
A few days later, when the Bolsheviks gained control of the village, they unearthed Kornilov's coffin, dragged his corpse to the main square and burnt his remains on the local rubbish dump.
It began on the premises of the presidential palace, where political figures and dignitaries paid their respects ; his coffin was then taken to a mosque before being moved to the royal mausoleum on Maranjan Hill.
After an elaborate funeral in Prague, Heydrich's coffin was placed on a train to Berlin, where a second ceremony was held in the new Reich Chancellery.
coffin and corner
On the remains of a wooden coffin in the northwest corner of the tomb lay a skeleton of a man 1. 59 metres in height and about 60 years old.
Maguire was an ace at the " coffin corner " punt.
Rising, descending or turbulent air in or above the lee waves can cause overspeed or stall, resulting in mach tuck and loss of control, especially when the aircraft is operated near the " coffin corner ".
A less sweeping proposal would see the single eliminated on punts and field goal attempts that pass out the sidelines of the end zone – such a change would eliminate the " consolation " point for a failed coffin corner attempt.
These punts are also known as a " coffin corner punt " due to their ability to pin an opposing offense inside its own five-yard line, thus increasing the chances for the opposing defense to score a safety or a defensive touchdown.
The four men stand at each corner with heads bowed and weapons inverted and their backs are turned towards the coffin.
A coffin corner refers to the corner of the playing field just in front of the end zone, usually from the 5-yard line to the goal line.
A perfect coffin corner kick is one that goes out of bounds just before either orange pylon located in the front of the end zone.
The name arises by extension from the coffin corner found in Victorian houses, for if the kick is slightly too far into the end zone or if a member of the kicking team touches the goal line while maintaining possession of the ball, a touchback is awarded, losing the advantage that comes with a successful execution of the kick.
More often than not, a kicker's attempt to land the ball accurately within the coffin corner fails, as the amount of skill required to angle a kick inside such a small area is extraordinary.
* Example of a coffin corner punt
He had six career punts of 69 yards or longer and had 38 " coffin corner " kicks over his final two seasons.
On that bridge a child's coffin with four candles on each corner would appear every evening.
Feagles is known for using the " coffin corner " punt.
coffin and long
The funeral procession was a mile long, and Nuvolari's coffin was placed on a car chassis which was pushed by Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi and Juan Manuel Fangio.
Early pies were much larger than those consumed today, and oblong shaped ; the jurist John Selden presumed that " the coffin of our Christmas-Pies, in shape long, is in Imitation of the Cratch crib ", although writer T. F. Thistleton-Dyer thought Selden's explanation unlikely, as " in old English cookery books the crust of a pie is generally called ' the coffin.
Andropov's embalmed body, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and black-and-red tie, lay in an open coffin banked with carnations, red roses and tulips, faced the long queue of mourners.
The traditional trade in coffin wood with China and the cultivation of the opium poppy – both prohibited only in 1993 in Vietnam – long guaranteed a regular cash income.
Due to time constraints, only a small fraction of those wishing to pass by the coffin were able to ; the lines to see the coffin were never less than long.
Just before her burial, her coffin was opened so that her daughter Mabel could see her face while Lowell " leaned for a long while against a tree weeping ," according to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife, who were in attendance.
All personal names inscribed on the coffin and the canopic jars were excised in antiquity, rendering the identity of the human remains inside the coffin a matter of long debate.
The bones were in total disarray ; but Vetsera's shoes and a quantity of long black hair were found in the coffin.
Gabriel, who has long known of Troy's relationship with Fanny, tries to conceal the child's existence – but Bathsheba, suspecting the truth and wild with jealousy, arranges for the coffin to be left in her house overnight.
In Buddhist funerals of the Achang, a long fabric tape of about 20 meters is tied to the coffin.
It presumably remained in the coffin through its long travels after 875, forced by Viking invasions, ending at Durham Cathedral.
" At the funeral of the long neglected old man, a young woman deeply veiled and overcome with emotion plainly visible through her veil, laid upon the coffin, just before its removal, a bouquet of immortelles and withdrew to her devotions.
The tomb is 80 m long, and the chamber is 7 m long and 2. 7 m wide, and contained a coffin 5 m long and 1 m wide.
The deceased's embalmed body, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and a tie, would be displayed in an open coffin on a catafalque banked with carnations, red roses and tulips, facing the long queue of mourners.
The country's political elite paid their respects in Reunification Palace, where Communist Party chief Nông Đức Mạnh headed long lines of mourners who filed past Kiệt's coffin from early Saturday.
The name of the pharaoh inscribed on the coffin was only recognized for what it was fifty years after the original discovery, by which time the mummy, which had been left with the pile of debris on which it was found, was almost certainly, long lost .< ref > Brier, Bob.
Yamada died on 1609 and it is said that Yoshihisa prayed in front of his coffin thanking him for his long service.
Laid on a cannon carriage pulled by eight horses, the coffin was transported in a long procession to the " Mihai Vodă " Church and remained there for 2 more days, so the people could pay their last respects.
The deceased's embalmed body, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and a tie, would be displayed in an open coffin on a catafalque banked with carnations, red roses and tulips, facing the long queue of mourners.
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