Swithin, Mr. James, Mr. Roger, and Mr. Nicholas of the party. Whether Mrs. Hayman would be there was more doubtful, seeing that she had been cremated. Secretly Cook thought that Mr. Timothy would be upset--he had always been so set against barrel organs.英文原著 · 《Awakening & To Let》
Craven, Sir William and Lady Gregory, with a few more, cheered him by their visits so long as he was able to bear them; and his brother and sister, Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton Kinglake, were with him at the end. Patient to the last, kind and gentle to all about him, he passed away quietly on New Year's Day, 1891:
"being merry-hearted, Shook hands with flesh and blood, and so departed."
His remains were cremated at Woking, after a special service at Christchurch, Lancaster Gate, attended by Dr. and Mrs. Kinglake with their son Captain Kinglake, the Duke of Bedford, Mr. and Mrs. Lecky, Mrs.英文原著 · 《Biographical Study of A. W. Kinglake》
Porson himself was a veritable slave to the habit of reading in bed. He would lie down with his books piled around him, then light his pipe and start in upon some favorite volume. A jug of liquor was invariably at hand, for Porson was a famous drinker. It is related that on one occasion he fell into a boosy slumber, his pipe dropped out of his mouth and set fire to the bed- clothes. But for the arrival of succor the tipsy scholar would surely have been cremated.英文原著 · 《The Love Affairs Of A Bibliomaniac》
Well, he said that he would cremate my fur coat for free...美剧 · 《Friends》
Don't get too attached. She's having it cremated.美剧 · 《Friends》