carcase

The term carcase well represents the utterly corrupted Jewish state; the eagles is a fit symbol of the Roman army, every legion of which bore the eagle as its standard.

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The more men have the better house they must keep, the more servants they must employ, the more guests they must entertain, the more they must give to the poor, and the more they will have hanging on them, for where the carcase is the eagles will be.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

The carcase, which is washed all over with Nile water, is divided among the different tribes, and eaten on the spot, raw, and with Nile water.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

For as thou mayest call a carcase a dead man, but not simply a man, so I confess that the vicious are evil, but I cannot grant that they are absolutely.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

"'Wheresoever the carcase is the eagles are gathered together,'" he said.

Phoebe, Junior 1862

To skin and dismember the carcase was a matter of little difficulty to these hunters, who were all expert butchers.

The Pioneers 1859

Time is by this delay afforded to prepare for their destruction; and to the methods already enumerated, beside shooting them, I should add that of placing a vessel of water, strongly impregnated with arsenic, near the carcase, which is fastened to

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

FitzGerald thought very highly of that "carcase" of Posh's, as will be seen from the story of the Laurence portrait, set forth hereinafter, as the lawyers, whom Posh hates so much, would say.

Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" James Blyth

To be letting on he was dead, and coming back to his life, and following after me like an old weazel tracing a rat, and coming in here laying desolation between my own self and the fine women of Ireland, and he a kind of carcase that you’d fling upon the sea…

Act Two John Millington 1911

To be letting on he was dead, and coming back to his life, and following after me like an old weazel tracing a rat, and coming in here laying desolation between my own self and the fine women of Ireland, and he a kind of carcase that you'd fling upon the sea ...

The Playboy of the Western World; a Comedy in Three Acts 1907