 ... 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 346 páginas
...without the Nabob's orders, that the 15 Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They...cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, 20 raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The jailers in the meantime held... | |
 | M.A.L. Lane - 1911 - 392 páginas
...the door. Hoiwell [the first in rank among the prisoners] 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... | |
 | Carroll Lewis Maxcy - 1911 - 302 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 - 1913 - 842 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1921 - 298 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- 2C plored the guards to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1921 - 542 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... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1924 - 232 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... | |
 | Mary Ellen Chase, Frances Kelley Del Plaine - 1926 - 520 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Education and Labor Committee - 1936 - 388 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor - 1936 - 382 páginas
...the point of the sword, and the door instantly shut and locked upon them. 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... | |
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