Curiosities of Literature volume 1
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The people of Ttascala believe that the souls 61 persons of rank went after their death to inhabit the bodies of beautiful and sioeet singiiig birds, and those of ihe' nobler quadrupeds ; while the souls of inferior persons were supposed to pass into -weasels, beetles, and such other meaner animals.
There is something not a little ludicrous in the description Plutarch gives at the close of his treatise on " the' delay of heavenly justice. " Thespesius saw at length the souls of those who wei'e ...cohdehined to return to life, and whoin they violently forced to takb the forms of all kinds of animals. The labourers charged with this, transformation forged with their instruments certain parts ; others, a new form ; and made some totally disappear ; that these souls might be rendered proper for another kind of life and other habits. Among the^e he perceived the soul of Nero, which had already suffered long torments, and which stuck to the body by nails red from the fire. The workmen seized on him to make a viper of, under which form he was now to live, after having devoured the breast that had carried him.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The people of Ttascala believe that the souls 61 persons of rank went after their death to inhabit the bodies of beautiful and sioeet singiiig birds, and those of ihe' nobler quadrupeds ; while the souls of inferior persons were supposed to pass into -weasels, beetles, and such other meaner animals.
There is something not a little ludicrous in the description Plutarch gives at the close of his treatise on " the' delay of heavenly justice. " Thespesius saw at length the souls of those who wei'e ...cohdehined to return to life, and whoin they violently forced to takb the forms of all kinds of animals. The labourers charged with this, transformation forged with their instruments certain parts ; others, a new form ; and made some totally disappear ; that these souls might be rendered proper for another kind of life and other habits. Among the^e he perceived the soul of Nero, which had already suffered long torments, and which stuck to the body by nails red from the fire. The workmen seized on him to make a viper of, under which form he was now to live, after having devoured the breast that had carried him.
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