incremation

• “They were a grievous burden to her; she would much have liked to put them in the fire; and once Mr. Moore, who had observed her sitting and sighing over them, had proposed a private incremation in the counting-house; but to this proposal Caroline knew it would have been impolitic to accede - the result could only be a fresh pair of hose, probably in worse condition.”

  Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte

• “Medici_, published in 1642, and _Hydriotaphia; or, Urn Burial_, 1658, a discourse upon rites of burial and incremation, suggested by some Roman funeral urns, dug up in Norfolk.”

  Brief History of English and American Literature

• “Medici_, published in 1642, and _Hydriotaphia; or, Urn Burial_, 1658, a discourse upon rites of burial and incremation, suggested by some Roman funeral urns dug up in Norfolk.”

  From Chaucer to Tennyson

• “This is generally done by a squaw, who takes pinole in her blanket, repairs to the scene of the incremation, or to places hallowed by the memory of the dead, where she scatters it over the ground, meantime rocking her body violently to and fro in a dance and chanting the following chorus:”

  An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians

• “Mr. Willard described to me a scene of incremation that be once witnessed which was frightful for its exhibitions of fanatic frenzy and infatuation.”

  An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians

• “California and India incremation is as natural to the savage as it is for him to love the beauty of the sun.”

  An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians

• “This is generally done by a squaw, who takes pinole in her blanket, repairs to the scene of the incremation, or to places hallowed by the memory of the dead, when she scatters it over the ground, meantime rocking her body violently to and fro in a dance and chanting the following chorous:”

  A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians

• “Mr. Willard described to me a scene of incremation that he once witnessed, which was frightful for its exhibitions of fanatic frenzy and infatuation.”

  A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians

• “In the gorgeous landscapes and balmy climate of California an Indian incremation is as natural to the savage as it is for him to love the beauty of the sun.”

  A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians

• “May we not calculate with tolerable certainty on his return, and his incremation?”

  Run to Earth A Novel

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