 the boys" could desire. Such a marvel of funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirgebreathing brass-bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at half-mast, the long, plodding procession of uniformed secret...  The primrose way - Page 176by Mark Twain - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Mark Twain - 1873 - 620 pages
...hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at half mast, the long, plodding procession of uniformed secret...to the sidewalks, roofs and windows ; and for years afterward, the degree of grandeur attained by any civic display in Virginia was determined by comparison... | |
 | 1876 - 754 pages
...Such funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at...companies, draped engines, carriages of officials and eitizens in vehicles and on foot, attracted multitudes of spectators to the sidewalks, roofs and windows... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - 1881 - 438 pages
...Such funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at...to the sidewalks, roofs and windows ; and for years afterward, the degree of grandeur attained by any civic display was determined by comparison with Buck... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1881 - 226 pages
...Such funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at...societies, military battalions and fire companies, craped engines, carriages of officials and citizens in vehicles and on foot, attracted multitudes of... | |
 | 1890 - 632 pages
...Such funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at...societies, military battalions and fire companies, craped engines, carriages of officials and citizens in vehicles and on foot, attracted multitudes of... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1899 - 748 pages
...hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at half mast, the long, plodding procession of uniformed secret...to the sidewalks, roofs, and windows; and for years afterward, the degree of grandeur attained by any civic display in Virginia was determined by comparison... | |
 | R. C. H. Morison - 1901 - 520 pages
...Such funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at...the sidewalks, roofs, and windows ; and for years afterward the degree of grandeur attained by any civic display was determined by comparison with Buck... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1901 - 396 pages
...hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at half mast, the long, plodding procession of uniformed secret...to the sidewalks, roofs, and windows; and for years afterward, the degree of grandeur attained by any civic display in Virginia was determined by comparison... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 890 pages
...Such funeral pomp had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed marts of business, the flags drooping at...battalions and fire companies, draped engines, carriages ofofftcials and citizens in vehicles and on foot, attracted multitudes of spectators to the sidewalks,... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 896 pages
...had never been seen in Virginia. The plumed hearse, the dirge-breathing brass bands, the closed maiis of business, the flags drooping at half-mast, the...battalions and fire companies, draped engines, carriages of ofiicials and citizens in vehicles and on foot, attracted multitudes of spectators to the sidewalks,... | |
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