What does tomb-stone mean?
Tomb-stone means Archaic form of tombstone..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Archaic form of tombstone..
And that for her part, ſhe deſired that no higher character, or fairer remembrance of her ſhould be tranſmitted to poſterity, than to have this inſcription engraved on her tomb-ſtone, when ſhe ſhould pay the laſt debt to nature; “Here lies Elizabeth, who lived and died a maiden Queen.”
She often thought during her long nights of suffering, that if she were to die in this spot, only Theresa would know her name, and get it inscribed on her tomb-stone.
“It ’s as my great-grandsire, / “Starting up at the Trump of Doom’s tone, / “Had walked this way from his painted tomb-stone!”
And therefore, how deep soever our love may be to them, however highly we have thought of them, we shall take care not to put anything which savours of boasting, or exaggeration on their tomb-stones.
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Tomb-stone means Archaic form of tombstone..
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And that for her part, ſhe deſired that no higher character, or fairer remembrance of her ſhould be tranſmitted to poſterity, than to have this inſcription engraved on her tomb-ſtone, when ſhe ſhould pay the laſt debt to nature; “Here lies Elizabeth, who lived and died a maiden Queen.”
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