 A reign of terror began, of terror heightened by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange tribunal. It came from beyond the black water, as...  Historical Essays of Macaulay - Page 304by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. !Sro man knew what was next to be expected from this strange...call the sea. It consisted of judges, not one of whom spoke the language, or was familiar with the usages, of the millions over whom they claimed boundless... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...heightened by mystery; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange...beyond the black water, as the people of India, with mysteterious horror, call the sea. It consisted of judges, not one of whom spoke the language, or was... | |
 | 1847 - 548 pages
...by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange tribunal ... It had already collected round itself an army of tl;e worst part of the native population, informers,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 pages
...by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange...call the sea. It consisted of judges, not one of whom spoke the language, or was familiar with the usages, of the millions over whom they claimed boundless... | |
 | 1867 - 894 pages
...by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange...call the sea. It consisted of judges, not one of whom spoke the language, or was familiar with the usages, of the millions over whom they claimed boundless... | |
 | 1888 - 564 pages
...interpreter. He was a stranger in a strange land. He was put on trial for his life before a court ; ' its records were kept in unknown characters; its sentences were pronounced in unknown sounds.' If in ordinary circumstance, where one is arraigned and placed on trial, the alternative being his... | |
 | Herbert Cowell - 1872 - 300 pages
...endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be anticipated from this strange tribunal; it came from beyond the...water, as the people of India with mysterious horror called the sea; it consisted of Judges not one of whom was familiar with the usages of the millions... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1874 - 1100 pages
...by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange...whom they claimed boundless authority. Its records weiv kept in unknown characters ; its sentences were pronounced in unknown sounds. It had already collected... | |
 | 1874 - 1020 pages
...even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No one knew what was to be expected from this strange tribunal. It came...water, as the people of India, with mysterious horror, called the sea. It consisted of judges, not one of whom was familiar with the usages of the millions... | |
 | 1878 - 312 pages
...mystery: -t\. for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange...pronounced in unknown sounds. It had already collected around itself an army of the worst part of the native population, informers and false witnesses, and... | |
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