English Belles Lettres From a D 901 to 1834
English Belles Lettres From a D 901 to 1834
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And such as by tradition or rational conjecture held any hint of the final pyre of all things, or that this element at last must be too hard for all the rest, might conceive most naturally of the fiery dissolution. Others pretending no natural grounds, politicly declined the malice of enemies upon their buried bodies. Which con- sideration led Sylla unto this practice; who having thus served the body of Marius, could not but fear a retaliation upon his own ; entertained after in the civil wars,... and re- vengeful contentions of Rome.
But, as many nations embraced, and many left it indiffer- ent, so others too much affected, or strictly declined this practice. The Indian Brahmans seemed too great friends unto fire, who burnt themselves alive, and thought it the noblest way to end their days in fire ; according to the ex- pression of the Indian, burning himself at Athens, in his last words upon the pyre unto the amazed spectators, Thus I make myself immortal. )) But the Chaldeans, the great idolaters of fire, abhorred the burning of their carcases, as a pollution of that deity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And such as by tradition or rational conjecture held any hint of the final pyre of all things, or that this element at last must be too hard for all the rest, might conceive most naturally of the fiery dissolution. Others pretending no natural grounds, politicly declined the malice of enemies upon their buried bodies. Which con- sideration led Sylla unto this practice; who having thus served the body of Marius, could not but fear a retaliation upon his own ; entertained after in the civil wars,... and re- vengeful contentions of Rome.
But, as many nations embraced, and many left it indiffer- ent, so others too much affected, or strictly declined this practice. The Indian Brahmans seemed too great friends unto fire, who burnt themselves alive, and thought it the noblest way to end their days in fire ; according to the ex- pression of the Indian, burning himself at Athens, in his last words upon the pyre unto the amazed spectators, Thus I make myself immortal. )) But the Chaldeans, the great idolaters of fire, abhorred the burning of their carcases, as a pollution of that deity.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh to read onlineMoreLess
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