Word: urn
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...means certain that the world would have had the authorized edition so early as the following year. In 1646, the date of Charles I's surrender to the Scotch, came the "Vulgar Errors." 1658, the year of Cromwell's death saw the publishing of Urn Burial. In 1671 Charles II visited Norwich, and, as the mayor refused the proffered honor of knighthood, the King fulfilled his intention of distinguishing some eminent citizen by dubbing Browne Sir Thomas. In 1682, three years before the death of Charles, Sir Thomas Browne departed this life. The speaker made this association of the chief...
Naturally, after their warfare, we should be interested in the funerals of great heroes, which were very imposing and extensive. After burning the bodies on large funeral pyres covered with offerings of all sorts, the ashes were collected in a golden urn for preservation. Then followed athletic contests of all sorts, with which the ceremonies closed...
...seated himself at the piano, he knocked over a vase that stood upon it. "Playing a knocked urn?" asked one of the company. "No," said Joe, "that is only a jar gone...
...love on a Pompeiian urn...