 It being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half buried under the ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies ; and for this purpose funeral piles were erected between the heaps of ruins. This ceremony lasted several days. Amid so...  The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal - Page 2671819Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 596 lehte
...swelled; and then vessels to convey the water were wanting. ' There remained a duty to be fulfilled toward the dead, enjoined at once by piety, and the dread...between the heaps of ruins. This ceremony lasted several davs. Amid so many public calamities, the people devoted themselves to those religious duties, which... | |
 | 1820 - 848 lehte
...swelled ; and then vessels to convey the water were wanting. There remained a duty to be fulfilled toward the dead, enjoined at once by piety, and the dread...inter so many thousand corpses, half-buried under •Che ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies : and for this purpose funeral piles were... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 lehte
...vessels could not be found for its conveyance. There remained a duty towards the dead to be fulfilled, enjoined at once by piety and the dread of infection....being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies, for which purpose funeral piles were erected between... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 lehte
...river Guayra, which was considerably swelled ; and then vessels to convey th° water w'ere wanting. There remained a duty to be fulfilled towards the...being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half buried under the ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies : and for this, purpose,... | |
 | Charles Stuart Cochrane - 1825 - 552 lehte
...river Guayra, which was considerably swelled ; and then vessels, to convey the water, were wanting. " There remained a duty to be fulfilled towards the...being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half buried under the ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies ; and for this purpose... | |
 | Charles Stuart Cochrane - 1825 - 556 lehte
...river Guayra, which was considerably swelled ; and then vessels, to convey the water, were wanting. . " There remained a duty to be fulfilled towards the...being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half buried under the ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies; and for this purpose funeral... | |
 | 1838 - 534 lehte
...the river Gunyra, which was considerably swelled ; and then vessels to convey the water were wanting. There remained a duty to be fulfilled towards the...impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half-buried anderthe ruins, commissnries were appointed to burn the bodies; and for this purpose funeral piles... | |
 | 1840 - 430 lehte
...swelled—and then vessels to convey the water were wanting. There remained a duty to be fulfilled toward the dead, enjoined at once by piety and the dread...impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half-buried already under the ruins, commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies; and for this purpose funeral... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 lehte
...; and then, vessels to convey the water were wanting. There remained a duty to be fulfilled toward the dead, enjoined at once by piety and the dread...being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses, half buried under the ruins, Commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies; and, for this purpose,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 544 lehte
...when the water was obtained vessels for conveying it were wanting. There was a duty to be fulfilled to the dead, enjoined at once by piety and the dread...infection. It being impossible to inter so many thousand bodies, half-buried under the ruins, commissioners were appointed to burn them: and for this purpose... | |
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