 ... 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 their mistake. They expostulated ; they...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 3201840Full view - About this book
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...soon discovered their mistake. They expostuated ; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven...the door was instantly shut and locked upon them. From a child Surajah Dowlah had hated the English. It was his whim to do so; and his whims were never... | |
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...soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were driven...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,... | |
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...soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened ielded, but not till Temple had almost gone on his knees. The point was no sooner settled than his m ihe door was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction — not even the story... | |
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...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... | |
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...their mistake. They expostulated, they entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell...was instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in the history of fiction — not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 864 pages
...their mistake. They expostulated, they entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell...of the sword, and the door was instantly shut and looked upon them. "Nothing in history or fiction — not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...their mistake. They expostulated, they entreated, but in vain. The guards threatened to cut all down who hesitated. The captives were driven into the cell...shut and locked upon them. "Nothing in history or fiction—not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped his... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1851 - 468 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... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1851 - 466 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The 'captives were...instantly shut and locked upon them. Nothing in history or fiction—not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped his... | |
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