 ... 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
 | Thomas Warton - Epic poetry, English - 1807 - 354 pages
...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, &c*." Spenser himself died in Ireland, in the most wretched condition, amid the desolations... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1811 - 498 pages
...spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses, or shamrocks, here they flocked, as to a feast for the time ; yet not...there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentifull countrey suddenly left voyde of man and beast ; yet sure, in all that warre, there perished... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1819 - 536 pages
...nation. 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Ireland - 1823 - 456 pages
...graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could finde them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...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... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1823 - 534 pages
...spared 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... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1831 - 690 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 there withal, that in short space there were none left, and a most populous plentiful country suddenly... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal, that in short space there were none left, and a most populous, plentiful country suddenly... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Ballads, English - 1839 - 382 pages
...rebellion, of which he was an eye-witness, speaking of the wretched and famishing Irish, tells us that '' if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks,...feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal." But these passages, as referring to a period of national distress and famine consequent... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1839 - 370 pages
...famishing Irish, tells us that " if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they nocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal." But these passages, as referring to a period of national distress and famine consequent... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pages
...famishing Irish, tells us that ' If they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked i\ to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal.' B;T. these passages, as referring to a period of national distress and fanriK consequent... | |
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