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... century , it was customary when a death occurred for the family to call in a friend to make the arrangements . He ... century Amer- ica , William Carlos Williams ' poem " Tract " envisions a similar leavetaking . Undertakers , as such ...
... century , it was customary when a death occurred for the family to call in a friend to make the arrangements . He ... century Amer- ica , William Carlos Williams ' poem " Tract " envisions a similar leavetaking . Undertakers , as such ...
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... century Amer- ica the same was true . A minor item in the burial of David Porter in 1678 was the twelve shilling coffin . Within the last century , however , the focus has shifted so far that persons wishing to discuss costs with an ...
... century Amer- ica the same was true . A minor item in the burial of David Porter in 1678 was the twelve shilling coffin . Within the last century , however , the focus has shifted so far that persons wishing to discuss costs with an ...
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... century Archbishop Latimer was protesting the state of St. Paul's churchyard in London as the cause of " much sickness and disease , " and a century later John Evelyn was equally wroth about the churches having been transformed into ...
... century Archbishop Latimer was protesting the state of St. Paul's churchyard in London as the cause of " much sickness and disease , " and a century later John Evelyn was equally wroth about the churches having been transformed into ...
Contents
Turnstiles to Eternity | 9 |
Epic Beginnings of Epic Endings | 31 |
The World the Flesh and the Funeral | 45 |
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