 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 752 pages
...buried in coffins of the cedar tree ; owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities. — Thucydides. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....amongst us, is that of the burial of king Arthur, who was buried in an entire trunk of oak, hollowed, AD 642. — Asser. The patent coffins were invented... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...in coffins of the cedar-tree ; owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities. — T/tucydidei. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....gold ; and glass coffins have been found in England. — Qaugh. The earliest record of wooden coffins amongst us is that of the burial of king Arthur, who... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 pages
...buried in coffins of the cedar tree; owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities. — TlMcydiiies. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....gold: and glass coffins have been found in England. — Gaugh. The earliest record of wooden coffins amongst us, is that of the burial of king Arthur,... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...buried in coffins of the cednr-tree ; owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities. — Thutydides. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....Alexander is said to have been buried in one of gold ; and * Some ascribe the discovery of coffee as a bevempo to the prior of a monastery, who, being informed... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology - 1860 - 896 pages
...Taucyi/irlcs. Cotlins of marble and stone were used by tho Romans. Alexander is said to have been Viurh'd in one of gold: and glass coffins have been found in England. — fimigh. The earliest record of wooden codlns amongst us, is that of the burial of king Arthur,... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1866 - 906 pages
...discharged by the lord steward and the paymaster of the household. Bealson. COFFINS. Athenian heroes were buried in coffins of cedar ; owing to its aromatic...gold ; and glass coffins have been found in England. Gougk. The earliest record of wooden coffins amongst us is that of the burial of king Arthur in an... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - Biography - 1867 - 1030 pages
...heroes were buried in coffins of cedar, because of the aromatic and incorruptible nature of that wood. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....Alexander is said to have been buried in one of gold, (¡lass coffins have been found in England, and me earliest record of wooden coffins there is in the... | |
 | Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent - Chronology, Historical - 1874 - 1004 pages
...aromatic and incorruptible qualities. Thucydide«. Coffins of marble and stoue were used by the Komans. Alexander is said to have been buried in one of gold ; and glass coffins have been found in England, tioiiflh. The earliest record of wooden coffins amongst us is that of the burial of king Arthur in... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1883 - 838 pages
...were buried in coffins of cedar, owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities. — Thucydideg. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....gold; and glass coffins have been found in England. — Govgh. The earliest record of wooden coffins among us is that of the burial of king Arthur in an... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 770 pages
...heroes were buried in coffins of the cedar tree, owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities. Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans....gold ; and glass coffins have been found in England. The earliest record of wooden coffins among the English speaking people is that of the burial of King... | |
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Coffins of marble and stone were used by the Romans. Alexander is said to have been buried in one of gold : and glass coffins have been found in England. — Gough. The earliest record of wooden coffins amongst us, is that of the burial of king Arthur,... 