 ... when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him in the season when salt and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the tree,...  The Wild White Man and the Blacks of Victoria - עמוד 49מאת James Bonwick - 1863 - 90 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1810 - 538 דפים
...nlupTin'T 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. " The victim descends ; and those that are nearest ami dearest >to him,- deprive him of lite, and devour... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1811 - 302 דפים
...and offspring 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.' The victim descends, and those that are nearest and dearest to him deprive him of life, and 'devour... | |
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1811 - 600 דפים
...offspring 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." The victim descends, and those that are nearest and dearest to him, deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan, Melvill Horne - 1811 - 266 דפים
...and offspring 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.' The victim descends, and those that are nearest and dearest to him deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | Edward Moor - 1811 - 352 דפים
...friends assemble; and, shaking lhe tree, they join in a dirge, the burthen of which is this, — ' The season is come; — the fruit is ripe, and it must descend.' — The victim descends; and those that are nearest and dearest to him deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | 1811 - 568 דפים
...offspring 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.' The victim de•cends; and those that are nearest and dearest to him, deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 דפים
...offspring 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." The victim descends, and those that are nearest and dearest to him deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 382 דפים
...and offspring 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.' The victim descends, and those that are nearest and dearest to him deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 דפים
...offspring 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.' The victim de" scends, and those that are nearest and dear" est to him deprive him of life, and devour... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 דפים
...offspring 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.' The victim descends, and those who are nearest and dearest to him, deprive him of life, and devour... | |
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