After that, he drank all the rest of the sherry, and Mr. Hubble drank the port, and the two talked (which I have since observed to be customary in such cases) as if they were of quite another race from the deceased, and were notoriously immortal.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 35. Pip describes with humor, irony and satire the behavior and excessive drinking of mourners at the funeral of Mrs. Joe. In a simile, he compares Mr. Pumblechook and Mr. Hubble to two immortals from a different race to Mrs. Joe who act like they are immune to death.