 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 Seiten
...ifivited at Jo o'clock in the forenoon of the day of the funeral, but it is foon enough to attend ut 3 o'clock afternoon. Every one is entertained with...lately made to provide a remedy for this evil ; but old cuftonis are not eafily abolifhed. The dregs of fuperilition are.ftill to be found. The lefs informed... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - 356 Seiten
...in the forenoon of the day of the funeral, hut it is soon enough to attend at three o'clock in the afternoon. Every one is entertained with a variety...meats and drinks. Not a few return to the dirge, and sometimes forget what they have heen doing and where they are. Attempts have heen lately made to provide... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 Seiten
...in the forenoon of the day of the funeral, but it is soon enough to attend at three o'clock in the afternoon. Every one is entertained with a variety...meats and drinks. Not a few return to the dirge, and sometimes forget what they have been doing and where they are. Attempts have been lately made to provide... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 Seiten
...of the day of the funeral, but it is soon enough to attend at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone is entertained with a variety of meats and drinks. Not a few return to the dirge, and sometimes forget what they have been doing, and where they are. Attempts have been lately made to provide... | |
 | James Mackinnon - 1921 - 316 Seiten
...The whole parish is invited at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the day of the funeral, but it is soon enough to attend at 3 o'clock afternoon. Every one...of meats and drinks. Not a few return to the dirge (potation after the funeral) and sometimes forget what they have been doing and where they are." Happily... | |
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... amendment. From the death to the interment, the house is thronged by night and day, and the conversation is often very unsuitable to the occasion. The whole parish is invited at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the day of the funeral, but it is soon... 