... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and, if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal ; that in short... The Tribes of Ireland: A Satire - Page 80by Aengus O'Daly - 1852 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Morley - Ireland - 1890 - 644 pages
...their graves ; they did eat of the carrions, happy when they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal ; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country... | |
| Edmund Spenser - Ireland - 1890 - 458 pages
...to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of water1 Manurance, cultivation. cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal ; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country... | |
| Charles Owen O'Conor O'Conor Don, John O'Donovan - Connacht (Ireland) - 1891 - 476 pages
...graves ; they did eat the dead carrion, happy when they could find some, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal ; that in a short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful... | |
| Henry Morley - English literature - 1892 - 532 pages
...their graves; they did eat of the carrions, happy when they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal; that in a short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country... | |
| Edmund Spenser - 1893 - 998 pages
...spared not to scrape out of tbeyr graves ; and yf they founde a plotte of w'ater-creuses or sham-rokes, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal!; that in sborte space there were uone allmost left, and a most populous and plentifull... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1901 - 532 pages
...carrions, happy where they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue these withal ; that in short space there were none almost left. " Then, a hundred and forty years later,... | |
| John O'Neill - American poetry - 1902 - 164 pages
...graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could thus find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that, in short space, there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful... | |
| John O'Neill - American poetry - 1902 - 162 pages
...another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their praves-; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks,...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that, in short space, there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1904 - 472 pages
...carrions, happy where they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue these withal ; that in short space there were none almost left. Then, a hundred and forty years later,... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 728 pages
...graves; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...feast for the time; yet not able long to continue therewithal, that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country... | |
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