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• As the royal cortège passed along the line, the soldiers doffed their caps, and when it arrived at the centre of each regiment, the fugle-man gave a signal, and they raised a loud shout, followed by a short expressive ejaculation, in their native language, which means, "God save the Emperor! Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
• After the service, the funeral cortège made its way to Rochdale Crematorium for committal.
• It was found in 1992 by a gravedigger, who'd been waiting for a funeral cortège to arrive when he noticed that one of the stones they were going to put the coffin on had some Egyptian-looking scratches in it.
• sounding like a full cortege had just gone past, horse-drawn hearse, the lot. NIGHT SISTERS
• The cortège, accompanied by about 40 family and friends, was then returning to the cemetery for a short graveside service.
• I was in a phone box when the funeral cortege went past, I saw it through the glass. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
• And, as a fitting tribute to the mechanic said to have a wonderful sense of humour, a pick-up truck belonging to his previous employer formed part of the cortège.
• Instead of a great inaugural parade, we would have witnessed the opening of a new capitalist cemetery, the funeral cortege bearing the titles of the fallen titans of yesteryear.
• He was a very popular young man who lived life to the full and was well liked by all who had the pleasure to know him, which was shown by the huge cortège at both the removal and burial.
• The cortege was a long one, mostly made up of the dead man's fellow Gephyriots. The Praise Singer