 Hunt expressed his surprise to the young man, and asked how he could deceive him so much by saying his mother was dead, when she was alive and well. He said, in reply, that they had made her deathfeast, and were now going to bury her; that...  The Hopes of the Human Race: Hereafter and Here - Page 154by Frances Power Cobbe - 1874 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 pages
...brought along. But he now met the procession, when the young man said that this was the funeral, and pointed out his mother, who was walking along with them, as gay and lively as any of those present, and apparently as much pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the young... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1845 - 512 pages
...brought along ; but he now met the procession, when the young man said that this was the funeral, and pointed out his mother, who was walking along with them, as gay and lively as any of those present, and apparently as much pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the young... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1849 - 520 pages
...brought along ; but he now met the procession, when the young man said that this was the funeral, and pointed out his mother, who was walking along w*ith them, as gay and lively as any of those present, and apparently as much pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the young... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1849 - 702 pages
...along ; but he now met the procession, when the young I • man said that this was the funeral, and pointed out his mother, who was walking along with them, as gay and lively as any of those present, and apparently as much pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the young... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...started, he was surprised to se"e no corpse, and accordingly made enquiries, when the young savage " pointed out his mother,* who was walking along with them, as gay and lively as any of them present, and apparently as much pleased. . . . He added that it was from love for his... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1871 - 602 pages
...accepted the invitation and joined the procession ; hut surprised to see no corpse, he made inquiries, when the young man pointed out his mother, who was walking along with them as gay and lively as any of those present, and apparently as much pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the young... | |
 | Christianity - 1871 - 608 pages
...invitation and joined the procession ; but surprised to see no corpse, he made inquiries, when tho young man pointed out his mother, who was walking along with them as gay and lively as any of those present, and apparently as much pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the young... | |
 | Christianity - 1874 - 602 pages
...Origin of Civilization, p. 248) quotes from Fiji and the Fijiaits an instance in which Mr. Hunt WHS invited by a young man to attend his mother's funeral....Eventually the old woman was ceremoniously strangled. t See an article on Primitive Society, by E. Tylor : Contemp. Review, April, 1873. Mr. Tylor traces... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1875 - 646 pages
...accepted the invitation, and joined t<he procession, but, surprised to see no corpse, he made enquiries, when the young man ' pointed out his mother, ' who was walking along with them, as gay and lively * as any of those present, and apparently as much ' pleased. Mr. Hunt expressed his surprise to the... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - Future life - 1880 - 236 pages
...says the Masagetee used in his time to kill, boil and eat their superannuated relations, holding * Sir J. Lubbock (Origin of Civilization, p. 248) quotes...Eventually the old woman was ceremoniously strangled. N such to be the happiest kind of death.* ^Elian describes the Sardinians as killing their fathers... | |
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