 England by lofty halls and by 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 that the soldiers were joking ; and, being in high spirits on account of the...  Critical and historical essays - Page 511by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 294 pages
...the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined the soldiers were joking ; and, being in high spirits...Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested 25 at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated; they entreated;... | |
 | William Murison - 1910 - 416 pages
...compensate him for what he must lose, if the European trade should be driven to some other quarter. 2. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined...mistake. They expostulated they entreated but in vain. 3. Had Mr Wordsworth's poems been the silly, the childish things, which they were for a long time described... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 202 pages
...can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred...laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. 5 They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 300 pages
...hundred and forty-six. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were 15 joking; and, being in high spirits on account of the...but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were 20 driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 326 pages
...can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred...enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were 15 joking; and, being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives,... | |
 | Carroll Lewis Maxcy - 1911 - 302 pages
...can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred...but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 346 pages
...by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When 30 they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined...but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was in5... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1912 - 300 pages
...scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty 30 halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred...Nabob to spare their lives, they laughed and jested at take. They expostulated; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 842 pages
...can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred...but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1921 - 542 pages
...rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they...but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell at the point of the sword, and the door was instantly... | |
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