The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea Bunce & Huntington, 1865 - 288 pages |
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Page 104
... covered up animosities , and in an hour brought a divided people with unity of grief and indivisible fellowship of anguish ! For myself , I can- not yet command that quietness of spirit needed for a just and tem- perate delineation of a ...
... covered up animosities , and in an hour brought a divided people with unity of grief and indivisible fellowship of anguish ! For myself , I can- not yet command that quietness of spirit needed for a just and tem- perate delineation of a ...
Page 112
... covering the face of the glass . In fact , everywhere were the marks of sorrow , which spoke of the be- reavement of ... covered otherwise with black velvet and crape . This was supported by four posts , heavily encased with the emblem ...
... covering the face of the glass . In fact , everywhere were the marks of sorrow , which spoke of the be- reavement of ... covered otherwise with black velvet and crape . This was supported by four posts , heavily encased with the emblem ...
Page 128
... covered with crape . The whole hearse is covered with cloth , velvet , crape , and alpaca . The seat is covered with hammer - cloth , and on each side is a splen- did black lamp . The hearse is fifteen feet high , and the coffin is so ...
... covered with crape . The whole hearse is covered with cloth , velvet , crape , and alpaca . The seat is covered with hammer - cloth , and on each side is a splen- did black lamp . The hearse is fifteen feet high , and the coffin is so ...
Page 134
... covered the marble steps . Inside there reigned a solemn silence , broken only by the thunders of artillery just ... covered with black , and the statues were completely draped , except the statue of Washington , which wore a black scarf ...
... covered the marble steps . Inside there reigned a solemn silence , broken only by the thunders of artillery just ... covered with black , and the statues were completely draped , except the statue of Washington , which wore a black scarf ...
Page 135
... covered with black . It was about nine feet long , three feet high , and four feet broad . The black cloth was ornamented with silver fringe and looped with silver stars . At each corner of the structure was the fasces , and on either ...
... covered with black . It was about nine feet long , three feet high , and four feet broad . The black cloth was ornamented with silver fringe and looped with silver stars . At each corner of the structure was the fasces , and on either ...
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