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" ... 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 80
by Aengus O'Daly - 1852 - 112 pages
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Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History

Hugh F Kearney - History - 2007 - 320 pages
...carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and if they could find a plot of watercress or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal, that in short space there was none almost left and a most populous country suddenly left...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 9

Nineteenth century - 1881 - 1082 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,...
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The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IV: Early Essays

William Butler Yeats, Richard J. Finneran, George Bornstein - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 560 pages
...they spared not to scrape out of theyr graves; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrokes, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet...therewithall; that in short space there were none allmost left, and a most populous and plentifull countrey suddaynely left voyde of man or beast; yet...
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The Catholic University Bulletin, Volume 15

Catholic University of America - 1909 - 866 pages
...spared not to scrape out of theyr graves ; and yf they founde a plotte of water-cresses or sham-rokes, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithall ; that in shorte space there were none allmost left, and a most populous and plentyfull countrey suddaynly made...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 17

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1844 - 598 pages
...scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they nocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal ; that in short space there were none almost f left, and a most populous and plentiful...
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