 | Thomas Warton - Epic poetry, English - 1807 - 354 pages
...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, or shamrockes, there they flocked, as to a feast, for the time ; yet not able long to continue there withall,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1807 - 388 pages
...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, of shamrockes, there they flocked, as to a feast, for the time ; yet not able long to continue there... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Curry - 1810 - 736 pages
...death ; they 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,... | |
 | England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...looked like anatomies of death, — they 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... | |
 | the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...spake 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... | |
 | James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...Ibid, p. 200, ftf death — they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves. They did cole tlio deade carrions — happy where they could find them ; yea,...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... | |
 | Ireland - 1816 - 680 pages
...spoke 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... | |
 | 1822 - 758 pages
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 | Irishman - Ireland - 1822 - 48 pages
...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions; yea, happy were they who could find them; yea, and one another soon after; insomuch as the carcases they spared not to scrape out of the graves, and if they found a plot of cresses or shamrocks,... | |
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Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves... 
