... 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 mocked their agonies — raved, prayed, blasphemed,... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 326por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Mesrovb Jacob Seth - 1895 - 236 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...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... | |
| Mesrovb Jacob Seth - 1897 - 300 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. They...raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire 68 HOW THE SURVIVORS WERE TREATED. among them! The gaolers in the meantime held lights to the bars,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...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... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1902 - 292 páginas
...without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry 15 if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They...fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy0 of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, im- 20 plored the guards to... | |
| Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...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... | |
| Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 394 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...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... | |
| Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 404 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the jailers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 294 páginas
...without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry 15 if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They...fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy0 of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, im-20 plored the guards to... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 202 páginas
...who, even in that extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers. But the answer was that nothing could be done without...was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke 20 him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the... | |
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