grave-stone

She seated herself on the grave-stone, and put up an humble, but fervent prayer, that she might so live on earth as to be worthy hereafter to meet that pure spirit, she firmly believed, was returned to the bosom of his God.

The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

She held Jeanie fast with one hand, and with the other pointed to the inscription on the grave-stone, and commanded her to read it.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Mr. Bouton, in his History of Virgil, says that the first grave-stone in that town was erected in 1823, although deaths had occurred there from its earliest settlement.

Living in Dryden: June 2004 Archives 2004

Mr. Bouton, in his History of Virgil, says that the first grave-stone in that town was erected in 1823, although deaths had occurred there from its earliest settlement.

Living in Dryden: Was Dryden's first resident a squatter? 2004

We who listened to old Selby that night have been familiar with his simple grave-stone for these ten years past.

Life's Little Ironies 2006

I did see such a thing more like a common grave-stone, than the tomb of an emperor.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

While here, he felt a revival of all the tenderness of filial affection, an instance of which appeared in his ordering the grave-stone and inscription over Elizabeth Blaney [61] to be substantially and carefully renewed.

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

To roll the grave-stone off their souls, from the cave of their bellies,

The Plumed Serpent 2003

Her lips murmured the words close on the grave-stone, murmured them in tones of passionate endearment, to the dead remains beneath.

The Woman in White 2003

Some of the coleoptera and of the small and nameless insects make small holes or cells of mud on a wall or on a grave-stone, and there deposit their grubs.

The History of Animals 2002