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The Tribes of Ireland: A Satire - Page 80
by Aengus O'Daly - 1852 - 112 pages
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 8

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 594 pages
...wretchednefle, as that any ftony heart would have rued the fame. Out of every corner ' of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legges could not beare them ; k they looked 1 of the woods and glynnes] Gfent, that is, dales or vallies; here tpelt in the original...
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Some traditionall memorialls on the reign of Queene Elizabeth [by Francis ...

Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1811 - 498 pages
...yet, ere one year and a halfe, they were brought to such wretchednesse, as that any stony hart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woodes...hands, for their legges could not beare them ; they look like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts, crying out of their graves ; they tion, wound...
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Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh

James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...such wretchedness, as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynnes, they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legges could not bear them. They looked like anatomies * Fyncs Morjson, vol. 2, p, 3SS. f Ibid. p. 17J- f Ibid, p. 200,...
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Travels in Ireland in the Year 1822: Exhibiting Brief Sketches of the Moral ...

Thomas Reid - Ireland - 1823 - 456 pages
...such wretchedness, as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legges could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
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The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys: A National Tale, Volume 2

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - Ireland - 1827 - 354 pages
...famine, sword, and plague, the people are brought to such wretchedness as any stony heart would rue the same ; out of every corner of the woodes and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands— their legs no longer bear them, — they like anatomies of death — they eat dead carrion, sparing...
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History of Ireland: From the Anglo-Norman Invasion Till the Union ..., Volume 2

William Cooke Taylor - Ireland - 1833 - 398 pages
...such wretchedness as that any stoney heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legges could not bear them. They looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
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The tribes of Ireland: a satire, with poetical tr. by J. C. Mangan; together ...

Aenghus O'Daly - 1852 - 120 pages
...famine, for the corn had been intentionally destroyed by the English soldiers. Spenser writes : — " Out of every corner of the woodes and glynnes they came creeping upon their hands for their legges could not bear them. ...they did eate the dead carrions, happy where...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1862 - 530 pages
...fuch wretchednefle, as that any ftony heart would have rued the fame. Out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands,...beare them ; they looked like anatomies of death, they fpake like ghofts crying out of their graves ; they did eate the dead carrions, happy where they could...
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The History of Bandon, and the Principal Towns in the West Riding of County Cork

George Bennett - Bandon (Ireland) - 1869 - 600 pages
...starving. " All nearly were brought to such wretehedness," says Spenser, " as that any stony heart must rue the same. Out of every corner of the woodes and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their handes, for their legges could not bear them. They looked like anatomies of death ; they spoke like...
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The History of Bandon, and the Principal Towns in the West Riding of County Cork

George Bennett - Bandon (Ireland) - 1869 - 606 pages
...starving. " All nearly were brought to such wretehedness," says Spenser, " as that any stony heart must rue the same. Out of every corner of the woodes and glynnes they eame crecping forth upon their handes, for their legges could not bear them. They looked like anatomies...
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