. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . ething; then he turned his face to the wall and seemed to fall one oclock on the morning of 5th December 1791, his spirit had next day the body was removed to St. Stephens Church, and at threeoclock in the afternoon the benediction was pronounced over his coffin. The 135 136 A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH bier was then carried for interment to the churchyard of St. Marks. A violentstorm raged so fiercely that all the mourners turned back, and not a friendstoo
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . ething; then he turned his face to the wall and seemed to fall one oclock on the morning of 5th December 1791, his spirit had next day the body was removed to St. Stephens Church, and at threeoclock in the afternoon the benediction was pronounced over his coffin. The 135 136 A BOOK OF LIFE AND DEATH bier was then carried for interment to the churchyard of St. Marks. A violentstorm raged so fiercely that all the mourners turned back, and not a friendstood by when Mozarts body was lowered into the grave. No stone markshis resting-place. When the widow visited the churchyard she found a freshgrave-digger had been appointed, who was unable to show her the graveshe sought. All her inquiries were fruitless, so that to this day the lastresting-place of the great musician is unknown. The city of Vienna, in 1859,erected a monument to his memory on the probable spot, as the site of thegrave had been forgotten. Authorities: Jalins Life; Groves Dictionary; Nohl, Louis XVI. No. 63 The Death of Louis XVI of France. Born 1754. Died 1793. DEPUIS Iaube du jour, les abords de Iechafaiid, le pont Louis XIV,les terrasses des Tuileries, les parapets du fleuve, les toits desmaisons de la rue Royale, les branches meme depouillees desarbres des Champs Elysees, etaient charges dune innombrable multitude quiattendait Ievenement dans Iagitation, dans le tumulte et dans le bruit duneruche dhommes, comme si cette foule nefit pu croire au supplice dun roiavant de Iavoir vu de ses yeux. Les abords immediats de Iechafaud avaientete envahis, grace aux faveurs de la commune et a la connivence des com-mandants des troupes, par les hommes de sang des cordeliers et des jacobinsincapables de pitie. A Iapproche de la voiture du roi, une immobilitesolennelle surprit cependant tout a coup cette foule et ces hommes eux-memes. La voiture sarreta a que
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