 ... laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating...  The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles the Fifth - Page xivby William Stirling Maxwell - 1853 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1902 - 374 pages
...attendants shed, as if they had been ce'ebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and all...his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which 86 DORNEY (Henry, a man of peculiarly beautiful life and religious experience. His " Contemplations... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 492 pages
...attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and, all...either the fatiguing length of the ceremony, or the impression which the image of death left on his mind, affected him so much that next day he was seized... | |
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