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  • They played sad music, which he wouldn't have even liked, and they had his deathmask taken which made him look limp and not like him at all.

    Obituary for a Poet Heretic 2010

  • Molly hadn't seen the dead girl's face swirl like smoke, to take on the outline of Linda's deathmask.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • Also congrats to time_shark, whose `deathmask' is also included.

    October 4th, 2009 time_shark 2009

  • Was she destined to be one of those who would marvel at the splendour of the golden deathmask?

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • As Royan turned with more attention to the scribe's description of the studio of the goldsmiths, the phrase which he used to describe the golden deathmask of the Pharaoh struck her forcibly.

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • Molly hadn't seen the dead girl's face swirl like smoke, to take on the outline of Linda's deathmask.

    Neuromancer Gibson, William, 1948- 1984

  • The whole place is bare and clean; in one corner of the large room fronting the street stands Schiller's writing-table, with his chair before it; with the foot extending toward this there stands, in another corner, the narrow bed on which he died; some withered wreaths on the pillow frame a picture of his deathmask, which at first glance is like his dead face lying there.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • The whole place is bare and clean; in one corner of the large room fronting the street stands Schiller's writing-table, with his chair before it; with the foot extending toward this there stands, in another corner, the narrow bed on which he died; some withered wreaths on the pillow frame a picture of his deathmask, which at first glance is like his dead face lying there.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 William Dean Howells 1878

  • The whole place is bare and clean; in one corner of the large room fronting the street stands Schiller's writing-table, with his chair before it; with the foot extending toward this there stands, in another corner, the narrow bed on which he died; some withered wreaths on the pillow frame a picture of his deathmask, which at first glance is like his dead face lying there.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • Especially impressive were a turquoise mosaic deathmask, stone carved funerary urns and jade jewelry.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

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