 ... 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
 | Nineteenth century - 1904 - 1074 pages
...scrape out of their graves : and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they thronged as to a feast for the time : yet not able long to continue there withal : that in a short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 508 pages
...happy where 30 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." 35 Then, a hundred and forty years... | |
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