 ... the necessity that produced it : after the practice has been once begun on one side by hunger, it will naturally be adopted on the other by revenge. Nor is this all ; for though it may be pretended by some who wish to appear speculative and philosophical,...  The Museum Journal - Page 32by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1774 - 606 pages
...this all, for though it may be pretended, by feme who wifh to appear fpeculative and philofophical, that whether the dead body of an enemy be eaten or buried, is in itfelf a matter perfectly indifferent ; as it is, whether the breafts and thighs of a woman fhould... | |
 | Arctic regions - 1775 - 674 pages
...this all, for though it may be pretended, by fome who wifh to appear fpeculative and philofophical, that whether the dead body of an enemy be eaten or buried, is in itfelf a matter perfeQIy indifferent ; as it is, whether the breafts and thighs of a woman mould be... | |
 | History - 1793 - 602 pages
...this all, for though it may be pretended, by fome who wifh to appear fpeculative and philofophical, that whether the dead body of an enemy be eaten or buried, is in itfrlt a matter perfectly indifferent; as it is, whether the brea it s and thighs of a woman (hou)d... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 474 pages
...India Company, who fell in an attack upon the campong ofthat chief, in the year 1775." It may be faid, that whether the dead body of an enemy be eaten or buried, is a matter perfectly indifferent. But whatever the praftice of eating human fleih may be in itfelf, it... | |
 | History - 1803 - 598 pages
...side by hunger, it will naturally be adopted on the other by revenge. Nor is this all, for though it may be pretended, by some who wish to appear speculative...philosophical, that whether the dead body of an enemy be eaten er buried, is in itself a matter perfectly indifterent ; as it is, whether the breasts . and thighs... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1813 - 368 pages
...side by hunger, it will naturally be adopted on the other by revenge. Nor is this all, for though it may be pretended, by some who wish to appear speculative and philosophical, that whether the tlead body of an enemy be eaten or buried, is in itself a matter perfectly indifferent ; as it is,... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...side by hunger, it will naturally be adopted on the other by revenge. Nor is this all ; for though it may be pretended by some who wish to appear speculative...be covered or naked ; and that prejudice and habit only make us shudder at the violation of custom in one instance, and blush at it in the other : yet... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...Mason, l7¿o. appear speculative and plmilosophicai, tlmat whether the dead body of an enemy be eaten ¿ buried is in itself a matter perfectly indifferent ; as it is, whether the breasts or thiglis of a womaim sitotild he covered or naked ; and that prejudice and habit only make us shudder... | |
 | James Cook - Hawaii - 1904 - 454 pages
...side by hunger, it will naturally be adopted on the other by revenge. Nor is this all ; for though it may be pretended by some who wish to appear speculative...buried is in itself a matter perfectly indifferent ; and that prejudice and habit only make us shudder at the violation of custom in one instance, and... | |
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