 I have the pleasure of the personal acquaintance of a very distinguished officer, whose lady having died in one of our colonies, and expressed a wish to be buried in England, was accordingly deposited in a cask of rum for the purpose of transport home,...  Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney - Seite 296von Theodore Edward Hook - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1850 - 216 Seiten
...died in one of our colonies, just previous to which she expressed a wish to be buried in England, and was, accordingly, deposited in a cask of rum, for the purpose of transport home, but remained in the cellar after the officer's second marriage ; the detention being... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 378 Seiten
...died in one of our colonies, just previous to which she expressed a wish to be buried in England, and was, accordingly, deposited in a cask of rum, for the purpose of transport home, but remained in the cellar after the officer's second marriage ; the detention being... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 104 Seiten
...we hear to this day." PRUDENTIAL CONSIDERATION. The author of Gilbert Gurney was acquainted with a distinguished officer, whose lady having died in one...accordingly deposited in a cask of rum for the purpose of transporting home, but remained in the cellar after the officer's second marriage; the detention being... | |
 | 1861 - 590 Seiten
...died in one of our colonies, just previous to which she expressed a wish to bo buried in England, and was, accordingly, deposited in a cask of rum, for the purpose of transport homo, but remained in the cellar after the officer's second marriage ; the detention being... | |
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