| 单词 | suttee |
| 例句 | “Indeed it was: I had as good a right to die when my time came as he had: but I should bide that time, and not be hurried away in a suttee.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Say, what’re you doing today, anyhow? All dressed up and mooning around like the prologue to a suttee. Did you go to Psychology this morning?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As these things are done in Britain—swiftly—Miliband committed suttee this morning, resigning as Labour’s leader. David Cameron Comes Into His Own 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z There are “bad traditions that are historical realities such as cannibalism, foot-binding, and suttee, and traditions that … are neither good nor bad - such as trick-or-treating on Halloween,” the ruling says. News from around Wisconsin at 5:58 p.m. CDT 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z There are “bad traditions that are historical realities such as cannibalism, foot-binding, and suttee, and traditions that from a public-policy standpoint are neither good nor bad - such as trick-or-treating on Halloween,” it said. 5 things to know about gay marriage ruling 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Thus there was a falling off in the glory of the old suttee, and then the light of these fires went out altogether. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The suttee, or sacrifice of the widows of Hindostan, on the funeral pile of their husbands, was not more a matter of course, than the laceration of the hair and cheeks, among Roman women. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Albuquerque and his successors left almost untouched the customs and constitutions of the 30 village communities on the island, only abolishing the rite of suttee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z She happened to have been reading about suttee in a feminist paper only a day or two before. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z This savage practice was called a suttee, and by it millions of child and adult widows were burned to death. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z Many abhorrent customs, from slavery to suttee, have drawn strength from the sentiment. Best Weapon Against Honor Killers: Shame 2010-09-25T03:37:00Z Turning to the guide, he said: "Is it a suttee?" Round the World in Eighty Days In some parts of China the suttee, or "self-immolation," of widows is not unknown, the unfortunate woman being compelled to strangle herself, after which her body is burned. Oriental Women "And then there's suttee," she said in a low voice. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z We are glad to record that the British Government has so thoroughly enforced the law in this respect that suttees have been entirely abandoned by the Hindus. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z In spite of the abolition of the suttee, the poor widows of India have a mournful lot. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 A suttee," replied the general, "is a human sacrifice—but a voluntary one. Round the World in Eighty Days This horrible death, known as suttee, was made unlawful in 1830. Oriental Women For certain virtues have dropped to zero, Left by the sun on the mountain’s dewy side; Churchman’s charities, tender as Nero, Indian suttee, heathen suicide, Service to rights divine, proved hollow: XXVI. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV This extraordinary resolution of a female devotee put me in mind of the immolating custom of her countrywomen, called the suttee. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The suttee case was decided at the Privy Council on Saturday last, and was not uninteresting. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II The prospect of such treatment, even more strongly than affection or religious fanaticism, often urges the widows to submit themselves to suttee. Round the World in Eighty Days But "cold suttee," as some have called the living death which widows suffer from social customs, is still maintained. Oriental Women Forever climbing ghâts of fire I struggled to a goal Where, lone upon the suttee pyre, I saw my life's long-lost desire— The widow of my soul! Ioläus The man that was a ghost This rite of self-immolation was known as suttee, and it is said that in Bengal alone a century ago the suttees numbered one hundred a month. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions Did we wait until India herself asked for the abolition of suttee? Lotus Buds As the general proceeded, the guide nodded in assent to the truthfulness of the relation, and when the speaker had finished, the Parsee said: "But the suttee to take place to-morrow is not voluntary." Round the World in Eighty Days He speaks with sympathy of suttee, and he quotes the Volga-Kalmucks with approval. Home Life in Germany The suttee has been abolished by law, but child-widowhood yet remains to curse the lives of millions. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The mourners then withdraw to a shaded spot beside a suttee structure, and silently watch the conflagration. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Some simple reforms the English have secured, like the abolition of suttee and the improved condition of the child widows; but their influence on the great mass of the people has been pitiably small. The Critic in the Orient Then her thoughts flew back to the suttee, and as she remarked she was still on Indian territory, she shuddered with horror. Round the World in Eighty Days Then passing rapidly in mental review the history of so many self-murdered hearts, he asked which was the more cruel—the Irish or the Indian suttee. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 A little further on the Spaniards touched at Java, where, as it appears, suttee was practised at this time, as it has been in India until quite recently. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Upon these, until British rule put a stop to the custom, thousands of fanatical wives underwent suttee and were burned alive with their dead husbands. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Until within the last few years its repulsive features were wont to be brought into more hideous relief by the cruel custom of suttee, or widow-burning. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 It was quite out of the question that they could be arrested on account of the suttee. Round the World in Eighty Days I see in this idea to which you are sacrificing yourself as distorted a sense of honor as the suttee's, who ascends her husband's funeral pyre and wraps herself in a blanket of fire. The Tyranny of Weakness He came from the Gold Coast, and she had heard strange stories of that happily distant, undesirable shore; stories of devil-worship, and—was it there they practised suttee? The Mayor of Troy It was known that the rite of the suttee was to be performed—the widow was to sacrifice herself upon the blazing pyre of the deceased, in keeping with Hindu custom. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan As regarded every item of the written law her suttee worship was carried out to the letter. Can You Forgive Her? Well, I'm going to show you an audio-visual of an interesting ceremony in a Hindu village, derived from the ancient custom of the suttee. Hunter Patrol "Make the white woman suttee in her place!" cried the drunken mahout. The Adventures of Kathlyn They dare not become suttees, sir, with the murder of so many innocent children on their heads. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II If the strong arm of England were not raised over the great empire of the East the suttee rite and child sacrifice would unquestionably prevail to-day. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan So till yesterday, in the rite of suttee, the Hindoo widow immolated herself upon her husband's pyre, in order that her spirit might follow him unhampered to the world of ghosts whither he was bound. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The culture of Gaul resembles that of India in certain particulars; both the Gauls and the post-Vedic Aryans, for instance, believed in the doctrine of Transmigration of Souls, and practised "suttee". Myths of Babylonia and Assyria And Aunt Pen, contemplating the suttee of some one of us with great philosophy, lay down and closed her eyes again. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature A respectable young agricultural capitalist from Biswa, Seetaram, rode along by my side this morning, and I asked him, "over whom these suttee tombs, near Biswa, and other towns were for the most part raised." A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II His influence assisted in the abolition of the suttee, and in bringing about other reforms. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East There is no doubt that a family in which a suttee takes place feels a good deal exalted in its own esteem and that of the community by the sacrifice. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official We are sick of that caricature which depicts Ireland as the mad heroine of a sort of perpetual suttee, in which all the interests of the present are immolated on the funeral-pyre of the past. The Open Secret of Ireland The best known case of widow slaying is of course the custom of "suttee" in India. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family The King has prohibited both infanticide and suttee. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II The company were conveyed to a Hindu temple on the shore, where the suttee had formerly been performed, and which was provided with a broad staircase leading down to the water. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East She became a suttee, and was burnt the day after the body of the banker.' Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Perhaps it is shown to the highest degree in their practice of the suttee, or burning of widows. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Still more striking is the growth of a moral sentiment in connexion with such usages as the Hindoo suttee. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics He tells me that some families in every Rajpoot tribe in Oude destroy their female infants to avoid the cost of marrying them, though the King prohibited infanticide and suttee in the year 1833. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II It would be more seemly, perhaps, if all these things which have belonged to us so intimately were to perish with us in a general suttee. Kimono Since the ancient days of suttee when the wife mounted her husband's funeral pyre volumes have been written on the lot of the Indian widow. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India In my "Sermon to Children, on the Condition of the Heathen," I mentioned, that the sacred books of the heathen encourage the suttee. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. I know you think this strange, Captain Cuffe; but no man sleeps the sounder for having burnt or blown up a hundred of his fellow-creatures like so many widows at a suttee. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet Polygamy and monogamy, suttee, thuggism, and cannibalism, are all acceptable to the romancer, whose business is with the heart of a man in all times and places. Robert Louis Stevenson "The British Government is putting a stop to that," he added hastily, "and to suttees—" "What are they?" she inquired. Java Head "But, I say, Angelica, wouldn't it be fun to burn the colonel, and see Evadne do suttee on his body—only I doubt if she would!" The Heavenly Twins The second case of suttee which I shall mention took place at the death of the rajah, or king of Tanjore. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. The whole family can perform suttee for all I care. The Sisters-In-Law "You monster!" retorted Hans, "do you want her to wear weeds for you all her life—burn herself in perpetual suttee while you are alive and merry?" Daniel Deronda Diana, have you really performed suttee, have you buried yourself alive in this sweet spot deliberately, or has the love of retirement grown upon you, and have you become a kind of lotus-eater?' Phantom Fortune, a Novel Do you think it has cost nothing to demonstrate to the widows of Scindiah the folly of suttee? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 I observed that the rite of suttee is riveted in the affections of this people. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. He has reluctantly and fearfully abolished suttee, making it culpable homicide to assist, and murder to force the victim. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II The truth is that in attempting to abolish suttee and other ancient native customs, and to introduce more enlightened practices, the British Government was acting in the interest of general humanity. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 But no Indian widow who ever performed suttee was more worthy of praise than you, or even that person of Ephesus, whose story I have heard somewhere. Phantom Fortune, a Novel When the East India Company's Government first turned its attention to the suppression of suttee, the whole country, from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas, rose in protest, under the influence of the Brahmans. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan If the British were to lose their power in India, the suttee would immediately be rëestablished. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Received from Sir J. Malcolm a letter with some enclosures about suttees. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II The fires of Moloch, the dreadful suttee, were sacrifices which long religious education sanctioned, and in which the devotees perished amidst the plaudits of admiring multitudes. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra Indeed, I have always spoken of your life as a long suttee. Phantom Fortune, a Novel He sent for all the chief members of the family and said he would suffer her to burn herself if they would enter into a written engagement to abandon the suttee in their family thenceforth. Following the Equator, Part 5 It had reference to this terrible suttee business. Rung Ho! The English in India put an end to suttee, in spite of a fixed principle of non-interference with native religious customs. Political Ideals On how many pyres had not that oft-widowed soul committed suttee to be resurrected at the next freak of Destiny! Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life It is hardly necessary to do more than allude to the Fiji custom of strangling all the wives of the deceased at his funeral, or to the equally well-known Hindu rite of suttee. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology Father, there is going to be a suttee tonight! Rung Ho! That would stop suttee for all time, and we would have given our lives for something worth while. Rung Ho! Listen to them, father—two suttees, side by side—I've seen the pyres and the scaffolds—do they jump into the flames, father, from the scaffolds?—tell me! Rung Ho! To openly befriend the Christian priests would be to set the whole Hindoo population against himself, for it had been mainly against suttee and its kindred horrors that the missionaries had bent all their energy. Rung Ho! Once—twice—in all nine times—I came and warned you that the practice of suttee was and is illegal. Rung Ho! McClean-sahib has told me that suttee has been practised here as a regular thing. Rung Ho! There have been all kinds of stories about suttee being practised in Howrah, and it very likely won't be difficult to find a plausible excuse for deposing the Maharajah and putting Jaimihr in his place. Rung Ho! |
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