 | 1832 - 952 pages
...resting on the hand, and the lai-e and arms not unfrequently gnawed by the rats." The living were wraricd with burying the dead ; bodies were drawn on sledges...corpse of a young woman a mile of way ; and when we саше to tbe grave, an honest poor man came and said, — ' you must go and help me to bury my sou... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1861 - 660 pages
...dead. I have seen corpses drawn in sleds. Many got neither coffin nor winding-sheet. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of...honest poor man came and said : " You must go and help to bury my son ; he has lain dead these two days; otherwise, I shall be obliged to bury him in my own... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1874 - 658 pages
...dead. I have seen corpses drawn in sleds. Many got neither coffin nor winding-sheet. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of...honest poor man came and said : " You must go and help to bury my son; he has lain dead these two days; otherwise, I shall be obliged to bury him in my own... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 pages
...dead. I have seen corpses drawn in sleds ; many neither got coffin nor winding-sheet. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of way ; and when we came to the grave an honest man came and said : You must go and help me to bury my son, he is lain these two days, otherwise I... | |
 | Alexander Laing - 1876 - 632 pages
...dead. I have seen corpses drawn in sleds. Many got neither coffins nor windingsheet. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of...and when we came to the grave, an honest poor man come and said, "you must go and help me to bury my son, he has lain dead these two days, otherwise... | |
 | William Alexander - 1877 - 242 pages
...dead. I have seen corpses drawn on sleds. Many got neither coffin nor winding-sheet. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of...poor man came and said — ' You must go and help to bury my son ; he has lain dead these two days ; otherwise I shall be obliged to bury him in my own... | |
 | Henry Grey Graham - 1899 - 290 pages
...have seen corpses drawn on sleds, many neither having coffins nor winding-sheets. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of way, and when we came to the grave an honest man came and said, ' You must go and help me to bury my son ; he is lien dead these two days ; otherwise... | |
 | 1895 - 446 pages
...have seen corpses drawn on sleds, many neither having coffins nor winding sheets. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of way, and when we came to the grave an honest man came and said : " You must go and help me to bury my son ; he is lien dead these two days, otherwise... | |
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Many got neither coffin nor winding-sheet. I was one of four who carried the corpse of a young woman a mile of way, and when we came to the grave, an honest poor man came and said : " You must go and help to bury my son ; he has lain dead these two days;... 