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 woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the... Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive - Página 56por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1889 - 147 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 466 páginas
...at the windows, fought for the pittanee of water with whieh the eruel merey of the murderers moeked their agonies — raved, prayed, blasphemed — implored...lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantie struggles of their vietims. At length the tumult died away in low gasps and moanings. The day... | |
| John Garrett - 1865 - 366 páginas
...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...blasphemed — implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 páginas
...be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair....blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 páginas
...be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair....blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 páginas
...be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair....blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
| Elizabeth Spooner - 1867 - 170 páginas
...done without the Nabob's orders ; that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair...blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
| Wonders - 1870 - 264 páginas
...cried for mercy; they strove to burst the door; they offered large bribes to their gaolers. Then they went mad with despair. They trampled each other down,...fought for the places at the windows, fought for the drop of water with which the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 páginas
...be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair....blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
| 1871 - 532 páginas
...there all night — that the Nabob was asleep, and would not be disturbed. Then, says the historian, " The prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled...cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies — they raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored their guards to fire among them. The jailers in the mean... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1873 - 494 páginas
...The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed. It was the summer. The prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled...blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles... | |
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