last honors
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Thus Nazi Germany last week paid last honors to Ernst Udet, World War I ace, once best of the international aerobats, exponent of parachute troops and glider warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the spectators now-pressed about the grave to pay the last honors to the dear departed, and from hundreds of hands fell the earth upon the coffin below.
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Velde, Carl Franz van der
The fellows seemed to have some affection for their dead comrade, and wished to show it by putting him underground, and doing the last honors.
From The American Baron by De Mille, James
While they were busy Mary Magdalene went out to the centurion and said to him: "May we not even pay the last honors to our friend?"
From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by Stead, William T.
It was carried to Stone Chapel, where a multitude collected to pay the last honors to the youthful soldier.
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
