 ... 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 there were...  History of England: Elizabeth - Page 164by James Anthony Froude - 1879Full view - About this book
 | the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...flocked as to a feast, for a time, yet not being able to continue there-whbal, in a short space of time there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast ; yet in that war there perished not many by the sword, but all... | |
 | James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...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 and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast." &c.* O Nial, deserted by his adherents, and destitute of resources,... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1819 - 536 pages
...shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time ; yet not able long to continue therewithall ; that in short space 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 disposition of this... | |
 | Ireland - 1816 - 680 pages
...nocked as to a feast for a time, yet not being able to continue there withal, in a short space of time there were none almost left; and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void both of man and beast: yet in that war there perished not many by the sword, but... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Ireland - 1823 - 456 pages
...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 suddainely left voyde of man and beast ; yet, sure in all that warre, there perished not many by the... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Ireland - 1833 - 398 pages
...to these they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue therewithall ; that in a short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast." This amorous poet, for his slanders of the Irish, his adulation... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - England - 1843 - 336 pages
...to these they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal, that in a short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast." Even a poet's heart could refuse sympathy with such suffering,... | |
 | Irish matters - 1844 - 98 pages
...for the time, (yet not able to continue there withal) : that in a short space there was almost none left, and a most populous and plentiful country was suddenly left void of man and every living creature." It is believed that the horrible process of " leaving the country void of men,"... | |
 | John Mitchel - Ireland - 1845 - 266 pages
...this hard restraint they would quickly consume themselves and devoure one another."! And so " in a short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentifull countrey suddainly left voyde of man and beast." And starvation being in some instances... | |
 | Aengus O'Daly - Ireland - 1852 - 126 pages
...shamrocks there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithall, that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful countrey suddainley left voide of man and beaste ; yet sure in all that warre there perished not many... | |
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