embalmers

&c. -- In ancient Egypt the embalmers were a class by themselves.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

But the shrill laughter of the children grated on his ears, and the bright pitiless sunlight mocked his sorrow, and a dull odour of strange spices, spices such as embalmers use, seemed to taint - or was it fancy?

The Birthday of the Infanta 1907

But the shrill laughter of the children grated on his ears, and the bright pitiless sunlight mocked his sorrow, and a dull odour of strange spices, spices such as embalmers use, seemed to taint -- or was it fancy?

The Birthday of the Infanta 1891

But the shrill laughter of the children grated on his ears, and the bright pitiless sunlight mocked his sorrow, and a dull odour of strange spices, spices such as embalmers use, seemed to taint -- or was it fancy?

A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1877

One writer, in the course of a book review, takes occasion to attack teachers of literature in provincial universities -- "embalmers" of literature, he calls them -- who at best carry on "primitive forms of research" and at worst are "smug and snooty talmudists."

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 3 1978

Granville concluded that the embalmers had used a method Herodotus had missed.

Archive 2009-06-01 Heather McDougal 2009

The academy is increasingly proving itself to be the funeral home of literature -- one presided over by the academic critic-embalmers themselves.

Literary Study 2009

Ascending paralysis, a consequence of typhoid fever, often spread by contaminated food or water, would explain such a symptom progression and possibly the bizarre account from the embalmers who arrived a week after Alexander's death and found him so lifelike that they were afraid to approach.

Solving Darwin's Medical Mystery Melinda Beck 2011

And it's not only witches: Astrologers, embalmers, valets and driving instructors are now considered by law to be working real jobs, making it harder for them to avoid income tax.

Romania Witches Use Spells To Protest New Taxes AP/The Huffington Post 2011

Granville concluded that the embalmers had used a method Herodotus had missed.

A Bit of Soap Heather McDougal 2009