 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, implored the guards...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Seite 3101840Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1849 - 792 Seiten
...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...cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies — raved,prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 Seiten
...would be angry if any body awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled e.ich other down, fought for the places at the windows,...which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies—raved, prayed, blasphemed—implored the guard to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 Seiten
...be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair....which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies—raved, prayed, blasphemed—implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 Seiten
...be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody s inextinguishable thirst for tea, his trick of touching...as he walked, his mysterious practice of treasuring Ihe guards to fire among them. The jailers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with... | |
 | 290 Seiten
...could be done without the orders of the nabob, and he was asleep, and might not be disturbed " — then the prisoners went mad with despair — they trampled each other down — they fought, in frenzy, for the places nearest to the window — they struggled, as if for life,... | |
 | 1849 - 864 Seiten
...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 among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 Seiten
...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 among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter... | |
 | 1849 - 742 Seiten
...angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad * Critical and Historical Essays, in., 446, 447. with despair. They trampled each other down, fought...— raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 Seiten
...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...which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies—raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 Seiten
...done •without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody awoke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair....raved, prayed, blasphemed — implored the guards to fire among them. The jailers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter... | |
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