 | John Hawkesworth - 1773 - Страниц: 444
...as the zeal and forrow of the parties hold out. The tears alfo which are fhed upon thefe occafions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as oblations to the dead : fome of the younger people cut off their hair, and that is thrown under the bier with the other offerings.... | |
 | 1775 - Страниц: 674
...occafions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as oblations to the dead : fome of the young people cut off their hair, and that is thrown under the bier with other offerings. This cuftom is founded upon a notion that the foul of the deceafed, which they believe... | |
 | 1785 - Страниц: 468
...upon thefe occafions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as oblations to the dead : fome of the younger people cut off their hair, and that...thrown under the bier with the other offerings. This cuflom is founded upon a notion that the foul of the deceafed, which they believe to exift in a feparate... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - Страниц: 368
...as the zeal and sorrow of the parties hold out : the tears also which are shed upon these occasions are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as...their hair, and that is thrown under the bier, with their other offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, which they... | |
 | General history - 1814 - Страниц: 798
...as the zeal and sorrow of the parties hold out. The tears also which are shed upon these occasions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as...thrown under the bier with the other offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, wbjch they believe to exist in a separate... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - Страниц: 550
...as the zeal and sorrow of the parties hold out. The tears also which are shed upon these occasions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as...thrown under the bier with the other offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, which they believe to exist in a separate... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - Страниц: 534
...The tears also which are shed upon these occasions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and ojierud as oblations to the dead : Some of the younger people...thrown under the bier with the other offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, which they believe to exist in a separate... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - Страниц: 528
...as the zeal and sorrow of the parties hold out. The tears also which are shed upon these occasions, are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as...thrown under the bier with the other offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, which they believe to exist in a separate... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - Страниц: 636
...as the zeal and sorrow of the parties hold out. The tears also which are shed upon these occasions are received upon pieces of cloth, and offered as...thrown under the bier with the other offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, which they believe to exist in a separate... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1919 - Страниц: 602
...offered as hair of 1 r mourners oblations to the dead ; some of the younger people cut off offered to their hair, and that is thrown under the bier with the other the dead' offerings. This custom is founded upon a notion that the soul of the deceased, which they... | |
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The rest of the women follow this example, and the ceremony is repeated at the interval of two or three days, as long as the zeal and sorrow of the parties hold out. The tears also which are shed upon these... 
