 ... 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
 | 1826 - 600 ページ
...eat their aged and infirm relations as ' e pious ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes aged and infirm, he is said to invite his own children to eat him in the season when salt and limes are cheapest.' For this incredible story, there seems to be no foundation. . •: , i* . <-« -! r --i >'•-'' •*•_•-... | |
 | 1829 - 762 ページ
...of war, and to persons condemned for crimes, as stated by Mr. Marsden. " \Vhen 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 û cuine — the fruit is ripe — and it mast descend. The victim... | |
 | Hindus - 1835 - 434 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...limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round 0 Oriental Memoir*, vol. ip 221, 222. which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the... | |
 | 1835 - 430 ページ
...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...limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round 6 Oriental Memoirs, vol. ip 221, 222. which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the... | |
 | London anthropological society - 804 ページ
...but to perform a pious ceremony. Thus — " When a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he ia said to invite his own children to eat him in the season when salt and limes are the cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake... | |
 | 1853 - 572 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...assemble ; and, as 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."... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1837 - 562 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, around which his friends and... | |
 | 1853 - 588 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 desend.' The victim descends,... | |
 | 1860 - 620 ページ
...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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Bagster - 1848 - 548 ページ
...devouring the sick and aged. " When a man becomes infirm, and weary of the world, he is said to invite h» own children to eat him, in the season when salt and...He then ascends a tree. round which his friends and oflspring assemble, and, as they shake the tree, join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is, '... | |
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