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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 watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that in short space... "
The Rock of Arranmore: A Narrative Dramatic Poem in Three Scenes with ... - Page 140
by John O'Neill - 1902 - 139 pages
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2

Thomas Warton - Epic poetry, English - 1807 - 354 pages
...spake like ghostes crying out of their graves; they eat the dead carrions, happy were they could they find them, yea, and one another soon after; insomuch, as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves. And if they found a plot of water-cresses,...
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An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English ..., Volume 1

Dennis Taaffe - Ireland - 1809 - 588 pages
...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after : insomuch,...very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and, if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for...
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An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland: From the ...

John Curry - Catholic emancipation - 1810 - 732 pages
...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after • insomuch,...very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and, if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for...
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An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland, from the ...

John Curry - 1810 - 736 pages
...spake like ghosts. crying oat of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after : insomuch, as the very carcasses thev spared not to scrape out of their graves, and, if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 30

England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did rate the dead 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 if they found a plot of water-cresses or...
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annals of ireland

the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions — happy were they that could find them — yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves; and if they'found a plot of water-cresses or...
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Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh: For a Period of 1373 Years ...

James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...like ghosts crying out of their graves. They did eate tlie deade carrions — happy where they could find them ; yea, and one another .soon after, insomuch...very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of watercresses, or shamrocks, there they flocked, as to a feast,...
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Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh

James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...like ghosts crying out of their graves. They did cole tlio deade carrions — happy where they could find them ; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not lo scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses, or shamrock'!, there they...
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Vindiciæ Hibernicæ: Or, Ireland Vindicated:: An Attempt to Develop and ...

Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1819 - 536 pages
...From their accounts, it would appear that they were among the worst of the human species,* other soone 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...
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A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland: Drawn Up ..., Volume 2

Ireland - 1816 - 680 pages
...like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions;—happy were they that could find them : yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of water-cressss or...
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