| 1840 - 662 pagina’s
...prisoners, to be brought before him. He abused the insolence of the English, and grumbled at the smallness of the treasure which he had found ; but promised...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards ; and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| 1849 - 792 pagina’s
...richness of Ariosto's imagination, he can, when necessary, exhibit the terrible powers of Dante. " Then was committed that great crime — memorable...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 pagina’s
...dead bodies, a hundred and twenty-three in number, were flung into it promiscuously, and covered up. Then was committed that great crime, memorable for...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards ; and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 pagina’s
...brought before him. He abused the insolence of the English, and grumbled at the smallness of the treasure he had found; but promised to spare their lives, and retired to rest. Nothing in history or fiction—not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...brought before him. He abused the insolence of the English, and grumbled at the smallnesc of the treasure than in its occult power. There would seem, at first sight, to be no at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pagina’s
...obtain arbitrary power, if it could be obtained without risk or trouble. History of England, i. ii. Then was committed that great crime — memorable...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| 1849 - 742 pagina’s
...the richness of Ariosto's imagination, he can, when necessary, exhibit the terrible powers of Dante. Then was committed that great crime — memorable...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| 1849 - 822 pagina’s
...the richness of Ariosto's imagination, he can, when necessary, exhibit the terrible powers of Dante. "Then was committed that great crime — memorable...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pagina’s
...the gloom of Dante's conceptions. "Then was committed that great crime—memorable for its singnltf atrocity, memorable for the tremendous retribution...which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 pagina’s
...richness of Ariosto's imagination, he can, when necessary, exhibit the gloom of Dante's conceptions. " Then was committed that great crime — memorable for its singular atrocity, memorable Yor the tremendous retribution by which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy... | |
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