... 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
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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