 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...  Essay on Lord Clive - Page 54by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 662 pages
...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...they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened (o cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and... | |
 | 1840 - 612 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1849 - 792 pages
...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...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 pages
...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...the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction — 'not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 pages
...in high spirits on account of the promise of the nabob to spare their lives, they aughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostuated ; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 pages
...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...the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. The Nabob seated himself with regal pomp in the principal hall of the factory, and ordered Mr. Holwell,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested ihe door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction — not even the story... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 472 pages
...expostulate and implore ; upon which the officer ordered his men to cut down those who hesitated, and the captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword. The space was so thronged that the last could hardly find room to enter. The savages without then locked... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pages
...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...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 pages
...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...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... | |
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