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Updated: May 12, 2025
"Old skulls accumulated during a century." The landlord muttered to himself as he went out at the door, "San Genaro, come sono singolari questi Inglesi."
There lay, in the gravelly heap which had been thrown up from the grave, a few bones and skulls. The story was, that that part of the churchyard, which was especially devoted to the poor, had been a burying-place at some former period, and the graves which had not been paid for for twenty years were, after the lapse of that time, again made use of, according to the rule and custom of the Church.
"For what I did to them after I came to I had to jump into the Mersey and swim ashore. British justice, you know. Inflexible! especially to a foreigner who cracks a couple of domestic skulls." "And then?" "English navy." The head clerk began to flash again. "And what, may I arsk, was wrong haw, haw! wrong with the sair-vice?" The new-comer almost smiled. "The grub, for one thing.
"I have found one," said the giant, eagerly; "I will place myself in ambuscade behind the pillar with this iron bar, and invisible, unattackable, if they come in floods, I can let my bar fall upon their skulls, thirty times in a minute. Hein! what do you think of the project? You smile!" "Excellent, dear friend, perfect!
Requiescat in pace, so far as the mortal remains of their dead are concerned, has no meaning to them, for they do not let them rest quietly in their graves, as we do. After the bodies of the deceased have gone to decay, the skulls and bones are removed from the coffins, and placed in the bone-house. The names, or the initials, of the departed are painted upon the forehead of the skull."
They adorn their walls with skins torn from living people, and their tables with the blood-stained skulls of their enemies." When the Chaldean ceased speaking, the worthy Mefres answered, "Great prophet, Thou hast cast fear on our souls, and dost not indicate a remedy.
"Why, my lard, as I was going past the Royal Exchange I meets Billy. 'Billy, says I, 'will you sky a copper? 'Done, says he; 'Done, says I; and done and done's enough between two jantlemen. With that I ranged them fair and even with my hook-em-snivey up they go. 'Music! says he 'Skulls! says I; and down they come, three brown mazards. 'By the holy! you flesh'd 'em, says he.
Hasten out of the city, before the cruel king hears that a stranger is here." But Theseus went up through the town, while the people wept and prayed, and through the gates of the palace-yard, and through the piles of bones and skulls, till he came to the door of Kerkuon's hall, the terror of all mortal men.
On these islands were plenty of houses, which we heard were deserted a few weeks ago, owing to the frequent attacks of hungry cannibals on the mainland. On my island I discovered several very fresh-looking human skulls and bones. My boy, Arigita, regaled me with yarns while we waited for the pigeons.
Nearly all had the face or an arm wanting; some appeared to be still intact; others were completely dried up, and their helmets were filled with powdery skulls; feet which had lost their flesh stood out straight from the knemides; skeletons still wore their cloaks; and bones, cleaned by the sun, made gleaming spots in the midst of the sand.
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