 | Jesse Appleton - 1822 - 452 pages
...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 offspring assemble,...which is, " the season is come ; the fruit is ripe 5 and he must descend." "The victim descends: and those, who are nearest and dearest to him, deprive... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 pages
...children and friends to come aud eat him. He ascends a tree, round which his friends assemble, and join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is " The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and must descend." After this the old man descends, and is eaten by his children. . The principal places... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 pages
...children and friends to come and eat him. He ascends a tree, round which his friends assemble, and join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is " The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and must descend." After this the old man descends, and is eaten by his children. The principal places... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 538 pages
...and friends assemble, and. shaking the tree, they join in a dirge, the burden of which is this — ' The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend.' The victim then descends ; and those that are nearest and dearest to him deprive him of lite, and devour hit remains... | |
 | New voyages - 1823 - 726 pages
...and TRAVELS, A'o. LII, VOL. IX. G his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the tree they join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is, the...descend. The victim descends, and those that are nearest deprive him of life, and devour his remains in a solemn banquet. In a few days we made sail. We arrived... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - 1824 - 372 pages
...children and friends to come and eat him. He ascends a tree, round which his friends assemble, and join in a funeral dirge, the import of which is " The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and muAt descend." After this the old man descends, and is eaten by his children. > . JAVA lies SE of Sumatra,... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...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...funeral dirge, the import of which is — The season û cuine — the fruit is ripe — and it mast descend. The victim descends, and those that are nearest... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 830 pages
...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...they shake the tree, join in a funeral dirge, the impurt of which is, " The season is come, the fruit is ripe and it must descend." The victim descends... | |
 | 1835 - 566 pages
...which his friends and descendants assemble, and the whole of them join in singing a dirge, the burthen of which is 'The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend.' The victim then descends, is deprived of life, and his remains are devoured in a solemn banquet. This practice... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...which his friends and descendants assemble, and the whole of them join in singing a dirge, the burthen of which is 'The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend." The victim then descends, is deprived oflife, and his remains are devoured in a solemn banquet. This practice... | |
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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,... 
