 Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers...  Lord Clive - Página 35por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 146 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1840 - 662 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was, that nothing could be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if any body awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought... | |
 | 1849 - 792 páginas
...some presence of mind, oifered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was, that nothing could be done without the nabob's orders ; that the nabob was...cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies — raved,prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was, that nothing could be done without the nabob's orders ; that the nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if any body awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled e.ich other down, fought... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was, that nothing could be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was that nothing could be Babington Macaulay Macaulay( awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the... | |
 | 290 páginas
...could be done without the orders of the nabob, and he was asleep, and might not be disturbed " — then the prisoners went mad with despair — they trampled each other down — they fought, in frenzy, for the places nearest to the window — they struggled, as if for life,... | |
 | 1849 - 742 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was, that nothing could be done without the nabob's orders ; that the nabob was...angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad * Critical and Historical Essays, in., 446, 447. with despair. They trampled each other down, fought... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was, that nothing could be done without the Nabob's orders ; that the Nabob was...which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies—raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was that nothing could be done •without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the... | |
 | 1852 - 780 páginas
...some presence of mint!, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was that nothing could be A j 3 ;` fբՍcK S 8t ˝V7 L#; R˙ R^ p 8 = {u 5KvyO s Ӟ _R ` z awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the... | |
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