court-mourning

And so the editors of divers papers were the victims of a decorous anguish, court-mourning was decreed, and that wreckage which passed for the mutilated body of Prince Hilary was buried with every appropriate honor.

The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

And so the editors of divers papers were the victims of a decorous anguish, court-mourning was decreed, and that wreckage which passed for the mutilated body of Prince Hilary was buried with every appropriate honor.

The Certain Hour 1909

This would be an appropriate costume for the street; although many people wore court-mourning from economy, and forgot to take it off when the court did.

The Eve of the French Revolution 1869

Medici, and the exquisite court-mourning for the afore-mentioned queen, together with a few words let fall by M. de Bassompiere, king of the

The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

Medici, and the exquisite court-mourning for the afore-mentioned queen, together with a few words let fall by M. de Bassompierre, king of the beaux of the period, made the fortune of the second generation of

The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

The death of this child, on which occasion adulatory verses were produced by the university of Cambridge, restored Sidney, the year before his death, to this brilliant expectancy; and it cannot reasonably be doubted, that the academic honors paid to his memory were, like the court-mourning, a homage to the power of the living rather than the virtues of the dead.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

Comedy was to be represented during some court-mourning: and Mr. Steevens appointed to call on Dr. Johnson, and carry him to the tavern where he was to dine with others of the Poet's friends.

Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood James Boswell 1767

But this is not altogether true, as the following slight instance may show: — Goldsmith’s last Comedy was to be represented during some court-mourning: and Mr. Steevens appointed to call on

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

There should be a court-mourning in Catland, and if the Dragon (your pet cat) wear a black ribbon round his neck, or a band of crape _a la militaire_ round one of his fore paws it will be but a becoming mark of respect. "

Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow

But this is not altogether true, as the following slight instance may show: ” Goldsmith's last Comedy was to be represented during some court-mourning [1004]: and Mr. Steevens appointed to call on Dr. Johnson, and carry him to the tavern where he was to dine with others of the Poet's friends.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887