Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed. It was the summer solstice, the season when the fierce heat of... Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive - Page 54by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1902 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 460 pages
...of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they were... | |
| William Tenney Brewster - 1895 - 266 pages
...name of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a clismall and obstructed. It was the summer solstice, the season...natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When 5 they were ordered to... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pages
...the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...natives of 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 pages
...the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...natives of 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... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pages
...the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...natives of 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1901 - 376 pages
...of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor, the dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...natives of 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... | |
| 1902 - 1136 pages
...Macaulay's transformation is characteristic : " It was the summer solstice, the season when the fiery heat of Bengal can scarcely be rendered tolerable...natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans.' The second volume of Orme's classic deals with the important and interesting period... | |
| Binaya Krishna Deb - 1905 - 314 pages
...of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty holes and the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and fifty-six. When... | |
| Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 pages
...(3) Eng. Gr., p. 51, 4°; a. (4) Eng. Gr., p. 71, III. (o) Eng. Gr., p. 68, f. (6) Eng. Gr., p. 10. space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were...tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they were... | |
| Hammond Lamont - 1906 - 394 pages
...of the Black Hole. Even for a single European malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty...natives of 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... | |
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