. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . l the day preceding the interment, and there lay, asit were, in state—dressed in his clerical habit with gown, cassock, and band;his clerical cap on his head and the Bible in his hand. The face was placidand wore a serene and heavenly smile. The crowds who flocked to see himwere so great that it was thought prudent, for fear of accidents, to acceleratethe interment and perform it between five and six in the morning. Thechange of time, however, could not be kept entirely s
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . l the day preceding the interment, and there lay, asit were, in state—dressed in his clerical habit with gown, cassock, and band;his clerical cap on his head and the Bible in his hand. The face was placidand wore a serene and heavenly smile. The crowds who flocked to see himwere so great that it was thought prudent, for fear of accidents, to acceleratethe interment and perform it between five and six in the morning. Thechange of time, however, could not be kept entirely secret, and severalhundred peopleattended at that unusual hour. Mr. Richardson, whoperformedthe service, had been one of his itinerant preachers for thirty years. When hecame to that part of the service Forasmuch as it hath pleased AlmightyGod to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother, his voice faltered andhe substituted the word father, and the feeling with which he did this wassuch that the congregation, who were shedding silent tears, burst forth at oncein loud weeping. Authority: Southeys Life of NriRAKIiAU. No. 61 The Death of Mirabeau. Honore Gabriel Riquetti,Comte de Mirabeau. Born 1749. Died 2nd April1791. THE fierce wear and tear of such an existence had wasted out thegiant oaken strength of Mirabeau. If I had not lived with him,says Dumont, I never should have known what a man can makeof one day; what things may be placed within the interval of twelve day for this man was more than a week or a month is for others: the massof things he guided on together was prodigious; from the scheming to theexecuting not a moment lost. Monsieur le Comte, said his secretary tohim once, what you require is impossible. Impossible, answered he,starting from his chair, Ne me dites jamais ce bete de mot. In Januarylast you might see him as President of the Assembly; his neck wrapped inlinen cloths at the evening session: there was sick heat of the blood,alternat
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