1832, Royal Society (Great Britain),Abstracts of The Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From 1800 to 1830 inclusive, Volume 1: 1800-1814,page 201,
[…] Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfectmummy of an Ibis, which forms the chief subject of the present paper.
Leo was the first to discover what these burdens were. `Great heaven!' he said, `they are corpses on fire!' I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were humanmummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire.
1930,Sax Rohmer,The Day the World Ended, published1969, pageii. 17:
But, more horrible, I had not failed to note that its purplish gleaming body resembled that of a human being - or of a chrysalis encasing one - or of amummy!
2008, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen,Mysteries Unwrapped: The Real Monsters,page 2:
Many people believed in the curse of themummy, and soon, the curse had become an accepted part of Tut′s legend.
2007, S. T. Joshi,Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares, volume 1,page376:
For many,mummies fascinate more than repel. Our horrific connotations lie not so much with themummy itself, but in associated fears. Themummy serves, of course, as a general reminder of our own mortality and our fear of death, but this alone is not enough to make it a monster.
'Mummy,' that is pounded ancient Egyptian, is, I believe, a pigment much used by artists, and especially by those of them who direct their talents to the reproduction of the works of the old masters.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Veracity. His Design in Publishing this Work.[…]”, inTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World.[…][Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London:[…]Benj[amin] Motte,[…],→OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms),page345:
Imagine twenty thouſand of them breaking into the midſt of anEuropean Army, confounding the Ranks, overturning the Carriages, battering the Warriors Faces intoMummy, by terrible Yerks from their hinder Hoofs.
1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated byTobias Smollett,Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4:
Going up to him, therefore, he laid hold on his lance, and breaking it, began to thresh him so severely, that, in spite of the resistance of his armour, he was almost beaten intomummy[…].
1837, Mathew Carey,Vindiciae Hibernicae, page116:
You may beat them to amummy, you may put them upon the rack, you may burn them on a gridiron,[…] yet you will never remove them from that innate fidelity[…]
1978, Benjamin Walker,Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page253:
Yet another scatological medicament was obtained frommummy, the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt).
Nonetheless, his book advertises many Paracelsian remedies, including laudanum,mummy, antimony and mercury.
1634,T[homas] H[erbert],A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia,[…], London:[…]William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome,→OCLC:
In or near this place is a precious liquor, ormummy, growing,Mumnaky-koobasa they call it, which none presumes to take, it being carefully preserved for the King's sole use.
“Oh,mummy, would you like the loveliest daughter-in-law in the world? Oh,mummy, I must marry Flora Dewsley. But I know I am not nearly good enough,mummy. She knows nothing of the world and its wickedness, and I — Well, mummy, at school, a fellow learns everything. And no man is perfect, is he, mummy?[…]”
“[…]What′s your problem, you little shit? Proud of yourself, for ruiningMummy′s life?” I was careful to use the insipid falsetto the experts commend. “You′ve got Daddy snowed, butMummy′s got your number. You're a little shit, aren′t you?″
2004, Dennis Child,Psychology and the Teacher, Continuum International Publishing,page 91,
‘[…]We have to askmummy if we can go to Rajah′smummy′s house (Rajah′smummy is the owner of the dog). We can ifmummy says “yes”.[…]’
Darla stared at her father and said,Mummy,Mummy,Mummy! Marjorie wheezed and said, Father. You. Are.Filthy! Joe said Daddy′s muddy! Daddy′s muddy! Darla stared at the darkened doorway where Howard stood, saying,Mummy,Mummy,Mummy, each time a little louder, each time a bit more shrilly,[…].
