 | Charles Edwards Lester - England - 1843 - 336 pages
...fearfully describes. He says " out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them. They looked like anatomies of death — they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves — they eat the dead carrion, happy when they could find... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Ireland - 1844 - 524 pages
...heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynns, they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - Ireland - 1844 - 388 pages
...same ; out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, as if their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions — happy when they could... | |
 | Irish matters - 1844 - 98 pages
...same ; out of every corner of the woods, and glens, they came creeping forth upon their hands, as if their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the ; dead carrions, happy when they could... | |
 | Michael John Brenan - Ireland - 1845 - 528 pages
...would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came, creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them — they looked like anatomies of death — they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves. They did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1847 - 636 pages
...rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynes they came creeping forth upon their handes, for their legs could not bear them : they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrion, happy were they could... | |
 | Robert King - Ireland - 1846 - 496 pages
...upon their hands, for their legs would not bear them : they looked like anatomies of death; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves: they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them, yea and one another soon after; insomuch as the very carcases... | |
 | Adam Blenkinsop, Sir William Henry Gregory - Ireland - 1847 - 282 pages
...thus quotes Spenser : — " Out of every corner of the woods and glynns they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eate the dead carrions; yea, and one another... | |
 | Aubrey De Vere (calling himself earl of Oxford.) - 1848 - 280 pages
...on their hands, for the legges would not bear them. They looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions ; yea, happy were they who could find them ; yea, and one another soon after; insomuch as... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 448 pages
...heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of their woods and glynns they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could... | |
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Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves... 
