 A small lamp which stood on the floor was covered with ashes, and contained no oil ; the tallow of two candles was melted on a table, but the wicks still remained, and the feet of the candlesticks were covered with a certain moisture. The bed was not...  The Emporium of Arts & Sciences - Page 163edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Characters and characteristics - 1804 - 560 pages
...legs and arms untouched. Between the legs lay jhe head, the brain of which, together with half of the posterior part of the cranium, and the whole chin had been consumed. Three lingers were found in the state of a coal; the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, and contained... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 844 pages
...legs and arms untouched. Between the legs lay the head, the brain of which, together with half of the posterior part of the cranium, and the whole chin...in the state of a coal ; the rest of the body was consumed to ashes, and contained no oil ; the tallow of two candles were melted on a table, but the... | |
 | Theodric Romeyn Beck - Medical jurisprudence - 1825 - 696 pages
...legs and arms were alone untouched. Between the legs lay the head. The brain, together with half the posterior part of the cranium, and the whole chin,...; three fingers were found in the state of a coal, and the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, •which, when touched, left on the fingers a fat foetid... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...resembling that of charcoal ; but, with this exception, tlie arms, as well as the legs, wem not injured; the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, which, when touched, left upon thu fingers a greasy moisture, having a fetid odour. A moist kind of soot, of the colour uf ashes,... | |
 | 1838 - 472 pages
...resembling that of charcoal; but, with this exception, the arms, as well as the legs, were not injured; ihe rest of the body was reduced to ashes, which, when touched, left upon the fingers a greasy moisture, having a fetid odour. A moist kind of soot, of the colour of ashes,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 1116 pages
...chin had been consumed. Two fingers had been found in the state of a coal, and the rest of the body reduced to ashes, which, when touched, left on the. fingers a fat, fetid moisture. A small lamp which stood on the floor was covered with ashes, and had no oil. The tallow... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1843 - 396 pages
...legs and arms untouched. Between the legs lay the head, the brain of which, together with half the posterior part of the cranium, and the whole chin,...coal ; the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, and contained no oil ; the tallow of two candles was melted on a table, but the wicks still remained,... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...legs and arms untouched. Between the legs lay the head, the brain of which, together with half the posterior part of the cranium, and the whole chin,...coal ; the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, and continued no oil ; the tallow of two candles was melted on a table, but the wicks still remained,... | |
 | John Platts - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1882 - 558 pages
...legs and arms untouched. Between the legs lay the head, the brain of which, together with half the posterior part of the cranium, and the whole chin,...coal ; the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, and contained no oil ; the tallow of two candles was melted on a table, but the wicks still remained,... | |
 | Charles Meymott Tidy - 1882 - 334 pages
...untouched. Between the legs lay the head ; the brain, together with half the posterior part of the skull and the whole chin, had been consumed. Three fingers were found in the state of a coal, and the rest of the body was reduced to ashes, which, when touched, left on the fingers a fat, fetid... | |
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