 | John Fletcher Hurst - 1893 - Liczba stron: 760
...Unitarian. General Charles Lee was quite reckless in his blasphemy. In his will he asked that he might not be buried " in any church or church-yard, or within...of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meeting-house." General Dearborn, Secretary of War under Jeiferson, had no patience with religion. " So long as those... | |
 | 1894 - Liczba stron: 844
...Philadelphia upon that mission, was seized with a fever and died. The closing lines of his will were these . " I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in...churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or any Baptist meetinghouse, for, since I have resided in this country, 1 have kept so much bad company... | |
 | Frank R. Stockton - 1895 - Liczba stron: 264
...was crazy. This opinion was not changed when his will was read, for in that document he said, — " I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in...kept so much bad company when living, that I do not choose to continue it when dead." THE MAN IN THE "AUGER HOLE." WHEN we consider the American Revolution,... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1895 - Liczba stron: 478
...will of General Lee contains this singular request : — " I ileniru most carnwtly that I may not 1m buried in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist * Note to Cnstis's Recollections, p. 218. meeting-house; for since I Lave resided in this country I... | |
 | Frank R. Stockton - 1896 - Liczba stron: 268
...was crazy. This opinion was not changed when his will was read, for in that document he said, — " I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in...kept so much bad company when living, that I do not choose to continue it when dead." THE MAN IN THE "AUGER HOLE." WHEN we consider the American Revolution,... | |
 | Frank R. Stockton - 1896 - Liczba stron: 268
...was crazy. This opinion was not changed when his will was read, for in that document he said, — " I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in...kept so much bad company when living, that I do not choose to continue it when dead." THE MAN IN THE "AUGER HOLE." WHEN we consider the American Revolution,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - Liczba stron: 668
...me, my brave grenadiers ! " Eccentric to the last, one clause of his will regards his sepulture : " I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in...resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company while living, that I do not choose to continue it when dead." This part of his will was not complied... | |
 | Ludwig Schumacher - 1897 - Liczba stron: 82
...the last, even his will bore the impress of his nature. "I desire most earnestly," one clause reads, "that I may not be buried in any church or churchyard,...resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company while living, that I do not choose to continue it when dead." Lord Stirling was also a member of the... | |
 | Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - 1898 - Liczba stron: 462
...Perhaps the strange desire which Lee later expressed in his will, that his " body should not be interred in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Baptist church," was not entirely out of keeping with the man himself. The conversation between Washington... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1903 - Liczba stron: 368
...kept turning up in very odd places. " I desire most earnestly," (so ran a provision in his Will,) " that I may not be buried in any church or church-yard,...living, that I do not chuse to continue it when dead." Is it come to this? Have I not once already waived my military claims in deference to the whim and... | |
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I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meeting-house ; for, since I have resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company while living, that I do not choose... 
