sepulchural

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Extremes on Screen Steve Dollar 2011

But the sepulchural verses show us more clearly how deep the grief was that lay beneath the quiet lines of the marble and the smooth cadence of the couplets.

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902

That great period passed away; and in those which follow it, the sepulchural inscription, while it retains the old simplicity, descends from those heights into more common feelings, lets loose emotion, even dallies with the ornaments of grief.

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902

The sepulchural reliefs show us many aspects of death; in all of the best period there is a common note, mingled of a grave tenderness, simplicity, and reserve.

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902

Higgs helped himself to water, lit the large meerschaum pipe he always smokes, and pushed round the tobacco-jar which had once served as a sepulchural urn for the heart of an old Egyptian.

Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Phoenicia Proper and in Cyprus; on which account, in such soils, the second kind of tomb was preferred, sepulchural chambers being solidly built, [656] either singly or in groups, each made to hold a certain number of sarcophagi.

History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857

There is, however, towards the south an extensive necropolis, [413] which marks perhaps the southern limits of the city, while towards the east the hills are penetrated by a number of sepulchural grottoes, and tombs of various kinds, which were also probably outside the walls.

History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857

Pillerault were gazing at Cesar, amazed at the sepulchural tone in which he had uttered the word "Ungrateful!" the door of the salon opened and Popinot appeared.

Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Honor�� de Balzac 1824

When we, in sepulchural tones, decree that they do not deserve to be enfolded in the churches who help them to understand the ethics, to base them on something outside themselves, are we not declaring that they must always be criminals?

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{epigramma} almost in the sense of sepulchural epigrams; {epigegrammai grammata legonta tade}, and a little further on, {epixosmesantes epigrammasi xai stelesi}, "epitaphs and monuments".

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902