 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 páginas
...door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction, not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after...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... | |
 | Historical reader - 1880 - 212 páginas
...instantly shut and locked upon them. 7. Nothing in history or in fiction, not even the story which Ugolino2 told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped...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... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 páginas
...instantly shut and locked upon them. 3. Nothing in history or fiction, not even the story which Ugolhio told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped...strove to burst the door. Holwell who, even in that ex tremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 páginas
...instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction, not even the story which ITgolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped...They cried for mercy. They strove to burst the door. Hohvell, who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers.... | |
 | James Moir - 1880 - 204 páginas
...point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction approaches the horrors which were recounted by the...for mercy. They strove to burst the door. Holwell, the first in rank among the prisoners, who even in that extremity retained some presence of mind, offered... | |
 | Thomas J. Livesey - 1881 - 248 páginas
...point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction approaches the horrors which were recounted by the...They cried for mercy. They strove to burst the door. They offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without the... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 páginas
...instantly shut and locked upon them. 7. Nothing in history or in fiction, not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped his bleeding lips on the scalp of his murderer, approaches the horror? which were recounted by the few... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1881 - 380 páginas
...of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or in fiction approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that terrible night. It will be best to draw a veil over its terrors. Suffice it to say when day broke,... | |
 | Henry Elmsley Busteed - 1882 - 322 páginas
...well's Narrative a minute account of the ten hours' incarceration. " Nothing in history or fiction approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that night." A few passages, however, may be extracted mainly with the object (which we have endeavoured to keep... | |
 | Grace Stebbing - 1883 - 416 páginas
...the point of the sword, and the door was shut and locked upon them. " Nothing in history or fiction approaches the horrors which were recounted by the...the answer was that nothing could be done without Suraja Dowla's orders, that he was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. raved, prayed,... | |
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Nothing in history or fiction, not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped his bloody lips on the scalp of his murderer, approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that night. 
