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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... "
Some traditionall memorialls on the reign of Queene Elizabeth [by Francis ... - Page 116
by Walter Scott - 1811
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2

Thomas Warton - 1807 - 388 pages
...not to scrape out of their graves. And if they found a plot of water-cresses, of shamrockes, there they flocked, as to a feast, for the time ; yet not able long to continue there withall, &c*." Spenser himself died. in Ireland, in the most wretched condition^ amid the desolations...
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An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English ..., Volume 1

Dennis Taaffe - Ireland - 1809 - 588 pages
...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 to continue there withal; that, in short space, there was none almost left, and a most populous and...
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An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland: From the ...

John Curry - Catholic emancipation - 1810 - 732 pages
...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 to continue there withal ; that, in short space, there was none almost left, and a most populous and...
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An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland, from the ...

John Curry - 1810 - 736 pages
...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 to continue there withal ; that, in short space, there was none almost left, and a most populous and...
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A Compendium of the History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the ...

John Lawless - Ireland - 1815 - 558 pages
...spared not to scrape out of their graves -T and If they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocs, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal ; that in a short space there was none almost left, and a most populous aiul...
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Vindiciæ Hibernicæ: Or, Ireland Vindicated:: An Attempt to Develop and ...

Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1819 - 536 pages
...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...there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country SUDDAINLY LEFT VOYDF. OF MAN AND BEAST."99 * " And here you may see the nature and...
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Vindiciæ Hibernicæ: Or, Ireland Vindicated:: An Attempt to Develop and ...

Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1819 - 536 pages
...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...therewithall ; that in short space there were none almost k-ft, and a most populous and plentiful country SUDDAINLY LEFT VOYDE OF MAN AND BEAST."59 * " And here...
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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
...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 to continue long therewithal, that in short space, there were none almost left and a most populous...
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Vindiciae Hibernicae, Or, Ireland Vindicated: An Attempt to Develop and ...

Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1823 - 534 pages
...not to scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of r water-cresses or shamrock's, 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 mast populous and plentiful country...
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Travels in Ireland in the Year 1822: Exhibiting Brief Sketches of the Moral ...

Thomas Reid - Ireland - 1823 - 456 pages
...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 space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country...
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