 ... that they frequently eat their own relations when aged and infirm, and that, not so much to gratify their appetite, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat...  The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster - 337 ページEdinburgh encyclopaedia 著 - 1830全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 ページ
...much to gratify " their appetite, as to perform a pious cere" mony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm " and weary of the world, he is said to invite *' his...they shake the " tree, join in a funeral dirge, the import of " which is, ' The season is come, the fruit is " ripe, and it must descend.' The victim de"... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 ページ
...so much to gratify their appetite, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own...they shake the tree, join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is, " The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend." The victim descends,... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 336 ページ
...he is said to invite his own children to eat him " in the season when salt and limes are cheapest. u He then ascends a tree, round which his friends "...they shake the " tree, join in a funeral dirge, the import of " which i», 'The season is come, the fruit is ripe, *' and it must descend. The victim descends,... | |
 | 1811 - 568 ページ
...to prisoners of war, and to persons condemned for crimes, as some suppose. When a man becomes innrm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own...children to eat him, in the season when salt and limes arc cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble ; and as they... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 ページ
...so much to gratify their appetite, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm, and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own...to eat him, in the season when salt and limes are cheap--st. He the-n ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble ; and as they shake... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1822 - 448 ページ
...so much to gratify their appetite, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him, at the season, when salt and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1822 - 452 ページ
...so much to gratify their appetite, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him, at the season, when salt and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and... | |
 | New voyages - 1823 - 726 ページ
...a view to gratify their appetites, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him when suit and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which VOYAGES and TRAVELS, A'o. LII,... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824 - 400 ページ
...so much to gratify their appetites, as to perform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm, and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat • Mr.Adams's Religious World Displayed, Vol I, pp 139,140, and Ml. him in the season when salt and... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824 - 802 ページ
...so much to gratify their appetites, as to petform a pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm, and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat • Mr . Adams's Religious World Displayed, Vol I, pp 139, MO, and 141. 12 1 him in the season when... | |
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