 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
 | 1816 - 774 Seiten
...is a practice that has prevailed time immemorial in Batavia. To run a muck in the original fenfe of the word, is to get intoxicated- with opium, and then...rum into the ftreet with a drawn weapon, and kill any one that comes in the way, till the party is hicnlelf either killed or taken prifoner If the officer... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 Seiten
...1814,— 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,... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 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,... | |
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