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
It was the most magnificent funeral one can imagine, the last honors paid in all their vain pomp, as sonorous and as hollow as the rhythmic accompaniment upon asses' skins draped in crape.
From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Ives, George Burnham
The German airmen express their regret at having been unable to render the last honors to a valiant enemy.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
Night after night his house and his garden were visited by strange apparitions, till the palace was destroyed by fire and the emperor's sisters rendered the last honors to his remains.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
We cannot fail to respect him while doing him the last honors.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
