 | 1810 - 538 pages
...He then Ascends % trea, round which his friends and 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... | |
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - Asia - 1811 - 600 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan, Melvill Horne - Asia - 1811 - 266 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Asia - 1811 - 432 pages
...then ascends a tree, round " which his friends 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 de» " scend.' The victim descends, and those thai •' are nearest and dearest to him deprive... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Sermons - 1811 - 302 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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... | |
 | 1811 - 600 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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 who are nearest and... | |
 | Missions - 1811 - 568 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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 de•cends; and those that are nearest and dearest to him, deprive him... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Asia - 1812 - 424 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Asia - 1812 - 382 pages
...He then ascends a tree, round which his friends 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... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 pages
...then " ascends a tree, round which his friends 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 de" scends, and those that are nearest and dear" est to him deprive him... | |
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Thus, 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,... 
