 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 windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers...  Thacker's Guide to Calcutta - Page 20by Walter Kelly Firminger - 1906 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 662 pages
...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...raved, prayed, blasphemed — implored the guards lo fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter... | |
 | England - 1849 - 792 pages
...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...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 - American periodicals - 1840 - 514 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1843 - 424 pages
...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. 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 - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody awoke tinguishable 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 290 pages
...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,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...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 * Critical and Historical Essays, in., 446, 447. with despair. They trampled each other down, fought... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers; but it was all in vain. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the window, fought for the pittance of HISTORY OP EUROPE. water with which, the cruel mercy of the murderers... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...extremity, retained some presence of mind, offered large bribes to the gaolers ; but it was all in vain. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the window, fought for the pittance of HISTORY OF EUROPE. water with which the cruel mercy oi the murderers... | |
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