 It is well known, that to run a muck, in the original sense of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then rush into the street with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party is himself either killed or taken prisoner...  The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ... - Seite 461793Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edmund Burke - 1774 - 606 Seiten
...that to run a muck in the original fenfe of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then ru(h into the ftreet with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever...either killed or taken prifoner ; of this feveral inilances happened while we were at Batavia, and one of the officers, whofe buiinefs it is, among other... | |
 | 1775 - 674 Seiten
...muck, has prevailed for time immemorial. It is well known that to run a muck, in the original fenfe of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then...while we were at Batavia ; and one of the officers, whofe bufmefs it is, among other things, to apprehend fuch people, told us, that there was fcarcely... | |
 | 1800 - 554 Seiten
...original lenl'e of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then to rulh into the llreetwith a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party himlèlf is either killed or taken prifoner. Of this, lèverai ¡nllances happened while we were at... | |
 | 1785 - 456 Seiten
...prevailed for time immemorial, It is well , known, that to run a muck in the original fenfe • of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, ' ' and...weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the ; c; party is himfelf either killed or taken prifoner^ of this feveral inftances happened while we... | |
 | 1803 - 598 Seiten
...in the original sense of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then rush into the street with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party is himself either killed or taken prisoner; of this several instances happened while we were at Batavia,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1806 - 774 Seiten
...get intoxicated with opium, and then rufh into the ftreet with a drawn weapon, and kill any one that comes in the way, till the party is himfelf either killed or taken prilontr. It the officer takes one of thefe iwwcks or MOHAWKS (as they have been called by an eal'y... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1813 - 368 Seiten
...in the original sense of the word, is to get intoxi. cated with opium, and then rush into the street with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party is himself either killed or taken prisoner ; of this several instances happened while we were at VOL.... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...— E. original sense of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then rush into the street with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party is himself either killed or taken prisoner; of this several instances happened while we were at Batavia,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 Seiten
...181*— E. original sense of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium., and then rush into the street with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party is himself either killed or taken prisoner ; of this several instances happened while we were at Batavia,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 Seiten
...1*14.— E. original sense of the word, is to get intoxicated with opium, and then rush into the street with a drawn weapon, and kill whoever comes in the way, till the party is himself either killed or taken prisoner ; of this several instances happens while we were at Batavia,... | |
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