And no spectacle was more frequent in the ditches of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground. The Tribes of Ireland: A Satire - Page 70by Aengus O'Daly - 1852 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Lucas - Ireland - 1756 - 1078 pages
...ditches of other towns, efpecially in wafted countries, than to fee multitudes of thefe people dead, with their mouths all coloured green, by eating nettles,...and all things they could rend up, above ground—" In a following chapter, p. 282, he adds " The Lord Deputy and council in a letter to the Queen, have... | |
| John Curry - Ireland - 1793 - 438 pages
...of towns, and efpecially in wafted countries, than to fee multitudes of thefe poor people dead, with their mouths all coloured green by eating nettles,...docks, and all things they could rend up above ground." The lord deputy and council,' in a letter to the lords in England concerning their receiving the fubmiffions... | |
| James Gordon - Ireland - 1801 - 428 pages
..." countries, than to fee multitudes of thefe poor " people dead, with their mouths all coloured c' green by eating nettles, docks, and all things " they could rend up above ground." Many to apptafe the rage of hunger devoured human carcafes, of which a horrid inftance was witneffed... | |
| James Bentley Gordon - 1803 - 512 pages
...towns, and especially in wasted countries, " than to see multitudes of these poor people " dead, with their mouths all coloured green by , "eating nettles,...and all things they could " rend up above ground. " Many to appease the rage of hunger devoured human carcases, of which a horrid instance was witnessed... | |
| James Gordon - Ireland - 1803 - 510 pages
...towns, and especially in wasted countries, " than to see multitudes of these poor people " dead, wilh their mouths all coloured green by " eating nettles,...and all things they could " rend up above ground. " Many to appease the rage of hunger devoured human carcases, of which a horrid instance was witnessed... | |
| James Gordon - Ireland - 1803 - 512 pages
...towns, and especially in wasted countries, " than to see multitudes of these poor people " dead, with their mouths all coloured green by " eating nettles, docks, and all things they could " rend ifp above ground. " Many to appease the rage of hunger devoured human carcases, of which a horrid instance... | |
| William Sampson - Europe - 1807 - 474 pages
...of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of those poor people dead, with their mouths all coloured green, by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend above ground." It would appear, that the famine created by Lord Clive, and the English in India, was... | |
| William Parnell - Catholic emancipation - 1808 - 218 pages
...of towns, and especially in wasted countries, than to see multitudes of these poor people dead, with their mouths all coloured green, by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend above ground." The very commanders, with some degree of inconsistency, had to hang a parcel of old... | |
| 1808 - 874 pages
...and especially in warred countries, lhan to see multitudes of those poor people dead, with th«?ir mouths all coloured green, by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend above ground.'' • It would appear, that the famine created '>y Lord Clive, and the English in India,... | |
| John Curry - Catholic emancipation - 1810 - 732 pages
...wasted countries, than t« see multitudes of these poor people dead, with their mouths all colored green by eating nettles, docks, and all things they could rend up above ground." The lord deputy and council,3 in a letter to the lords in England concerning their receiving the submissions... | |
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