Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 337
his strength less, untilFebruary 23, 1792, when he died easily, neverhaving suffered much pain. The King directed near the choir of the cathedral, and a Latin in-scription recounts the talents and virtues of thegreat man whom it commemorates. Having thus traced the story of Sir Joshuas life,it now… … THE LADIES WALDEGRAVE. (FROM A PAINTING BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.) that his body should lie in state in the Academyrooms in Somerset House. The funeral was grandand solemn ; the pall-bearers were dukes, mar-quises, earls, and lords; ninety-one carriages fol-lowed the hearse, in which were the first…
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