 The day broke. The Nabob had slept off his debauch, and permitted the door to be opened. But it was some time before the soldiers could make a lane for the survivors, by piling up on each side the heaps of corpses on which the burning climate had already...  Cassell's Illustrated History of India - Pagina 47door James Grant - 1879 - 588 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1840 - 612 pagina’s
...raved, prayed, blasphemed — implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter...their victims. At length the tumult died away in low gasps and moanings. The day broke. The Nabob had slept off his debauch, and permitted the door to be... | |
 | 1849 - 792 pagina’s
...— raved,prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles of the victims. At length the tumult died away in low gaspings and meanings. The day broke. The nabob... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 pagina’s
...agonies—raved, prayed, blasphemed—implored the guard to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter...the frantic struggles of their victims. At length ihe tumult died away in low gasps and moanings. The day broke. Thenabob had slept off his debauch,... | |
 | 1840 - 612 pagina’s
...guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted \yith laughter at the frantic struggles of their victims. At length the tumult died away in low gasps and moanings. The day broke. The Nabob had slept off his debauch, and permitted the door to be... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 pagina’s
...agonies—raved, prayed, blasphemed—implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter...their victims. At length the tumult died away in low gasps and moanings. The day broke. The Nabob had slept off his debauch, and permitted the door to be... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...raved, prayed, blasphemed — implored Ihe guards to fire among them. The jailers in the mean time ntly dissolved. Temple's Council was now nothing more than an gasps and moanings. The day broke. The Nabob had slept off his debauch, and permitted the door to be... | |
 | 290 pagina’s
...place their muskets to their windows and fire among them. Their dungeon keepers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic and impotent struggles of their victims. At length the tumult died away in low gasps and hollow moanings... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pagina’s
...— raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles of the victims. At length the tumult died away in low gaspings and meanings. The day broke. The nabob... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pagina’s
...— raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles of the victims. At length the tumult died away in low gaspings and moanings. The day broke. The nabob... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pagina’s
...— raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers, in the mean time, held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter at the frantic struggles of the victims. At length the tumult died away in low gaspings and meanings. The day broke. The nabob... | |
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