 | 1840 - 612 páginas
...discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threcitened to cut down all who. hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history... | |
 | 1849 - 792 páginas
...malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed....entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door... | |
 | 1840 - 612 páginas
...promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the no don. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated...all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 páginas
...aughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostuated ; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened...all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. From a child... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 páginas
...halls, and the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined...all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. The Nabob seated... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...lolly halls and the constant waving of fana. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. rn of the Council, but appointed Lord President. Temple...to do with the new administration ; and seriously cell at the point of the sword, and ihe door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 páginas
...malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed....entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door... | |
 | 1849 - 864 páginas
...malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed....entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door... | |
 | 1849 - 742 páginas
...summer solstice — the season when the fierce heat of Bengal can scarcely be rendered tolerable to the natives of England by lofty halls, and by the constant...entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door... | |
 | 1849 - 822 páginas
...of England by lofty halls, and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was 140. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined...entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hcstitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the... | |
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When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered... 
