They were received in state, of course; and two days later there was a most solemn and impressive funeral, many columns of description of which I might quote, were it not that this story is too long already. Suffice it to say that the ceremony was held in the great Fifth Avenue Church, and that it was attended by all the wealth and fashion of our metropolis4; and that the Reverend[142] Doctor Lettuce5 Spray preached the most eloquent6 of all his sermons upon the text, "Blessed are the millionnaires, for they have inherited the earth, and you can't get it away from them."
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n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的过去式和过去分词);(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物) | |
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