 ... 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
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...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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...very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves. and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks. there they flocked as to a feast for the time. yet not able long to continue therewith. that in short space there were none almost left and a most populous and plentiful country... | |
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...very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a 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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