 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 878 pages
...principally city people and villager^. Yes. there were also Sepoys. Three boys were alive. They wer<fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been six...them No, none said a word, or tried to save them.' The youngest w these children, a tender little fellow, lunatic with terror, broke loose and ran like... | |
 | 1866 - 304 pages
...speak. They prayed for the sake of God that an end might be put to their sufferings. I remarked one very stout woman, a half-caste, who was severely wounded...observation of a native, who flung him and his companions down the well.' One deponent is of opinion that the man first took the trouble to kill the children.... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1866 - 354 pages
...the sake of " God that an end might be put to their sufferings. " I remarked one very stout woman, an half-caste, " who was severely wounded in both arms,...observation of a native, who flung him and his companions down the well. _ One deponent is of opinion that the man first took the trouble to kill the children.... | |
 | J. J. Higginbotham - 1874 - 558 pages
...also sepoys. Three boys were alive. They were fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been eix or seven, and the youngest five years. They were running...and there was none to save them. No : none said a a word, or tried to save them." "At length the smallest of them made an infantile attempt to get away.... | |
 | Charles Henry Eden - 1876 - 356 pages
...were running 276 Flight of the Nana. round the well (where else could they go to ?), and there were none to save them. No, none said a word or tried to...observation of a native, who flung him and his companions down the well. One deponent is of opinion that the man first took the trouble to Trill the children... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 406 pages
...speak. They prayed for the sake of God that an end might be put to their sufferings. I remarked one very stout woman, a half-caste, who was severely wounded...them. No ; none said a word, or tried to save them.' The chief author of all this misery, the infamous Nana Sahib, escaped the avenger's hand. From Cawnpur... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 612 pages
...think must have been six or seven. It was the youngest thrown in by one of the sweepers. The children were running round the well: where else could they go to ? and there was none to save them."t The only ray of comfort which, humanly speaking, breaks the gloom of this black deed, is, that... | |
 | Episodes - 1880 - 272 pages
...speak. They prayed for the sake of God that an end might be put to their sufferings. I remarked one very stout woman, a half-caste, who was severely wounded...made an infantile attempt to get away. The little one had been frightened past bearing by the murder of one of the surviving ladies. He thus attracted... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1897 - 536 pages
...speak. They prayed for the sake of God that an end might be put to their sufferings. I remarked one very stout woman, a half-caste, who was severely wounded...observation of a native, who flung him and his companions down the well.' The soldiers had made a march of eighteen days, almost without rest, to save the women... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1897 - 780 pages
...eldest, I think, must have been six or seven, and the youngest five years. They were running around the well (where else could they go to ?), and there...observation of a native who flung him and his companions down the well." The soldiers had made a march of eighteen days, almost without rest, to save the women... | |
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Yes ; there was a great crowd looking on ; they were standing along the walls of the compound. They were principally city people and villagers. Yes : there were also sepoys. Three boys were alive. They were fair children. The eldest, I think, must have... 
