 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1866 - 412 páginas
...of that dreadful night. " Nothing," says Macaulay, " in history or fiction, not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after...They cried for mercy, they strove to burst the door. The governor, Mr Hollwell, who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 464 páginas
...Nothing in history or fiction — not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice — approaches the horrors which •were recounted by the few survivors of that night [spent in the Black Hole of Calcutta]. Маеашау. Woe to him who has found The meal enough: if... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 462 páginas
...up together in a hole in a lake of ice. Nothing in history or fiction — not even the whic ice — approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that Btory which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice — approaches the horrors which night [spent... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1873 - 480 páginas
...Nothing in history or fiction, not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that night." c. " They found the little fingers of the Company thicker than the loins of Surajah Dowlah." 9. Explain... | |
 | George William Cox - 1874 - 720 páginas
...to spare, isvs Of this atrocious crime Macaulay says that' nothing in historv or fiction . • • approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that night' S« Essay on Clive. Superlatives arc always more or less dangerous, and the question of numbers has... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 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...in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, oftered large bribes to the gaolers. But the LL answer was that nothing conld be done without the Nabob's... | |
 | James Grant - 1876 - 602 páginas
...the eloquent Macaulay, "not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, when he wiped his bloody lips on the scalp of his murderer, approaches the horrors that were recounted by the few survivors of that night. They cried for mercy. They strove to burst... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 páginas
...door was ins'antly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction, not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after...of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But tla LL answer was that nothing could be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 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... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 344 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...burst the door. Holwell, who, even in that extremity, re. tained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the. gaolers. But the answer was that nothing... | |
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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. 
