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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... "
Miscellanea: Comprising Reviews, Lectures, and Essays, on Historical ... - Page 517
by Martin John Spalding - 1894
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The Irish Confederates, and the Rebellion of 1798

Henry Martyn Field - Ireland - 1851 - 388 pages
...not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, 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 country suddenly...
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The tribes of Ireland: a satire, with poetical tr. by J. C. Mangan; together ...

Aenghus O'Daly - 1852 - 120 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 long to continue therewithall, that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous...
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The Tribes of Ireland: A Satire

Aengus O'Daly - Ireland - 1852 - 126 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 long to continue therewithall, that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations on His Life and Writings

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1857 - 600 pages
...spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if tbey 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 none almost left, and a most populous...
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A Collection of Tracts and Treatises Illustrative of the Natural ..., Volume 1

Ireland - 1860 - 752 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 able long to continue therewithall ; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous...
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A Collection of Tracts and Treatises Illustrative of the Natural ..., Volume 1

Ireland - 1860 - 752 pages
...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 plentifull countrey suddainely left voyde of man and beast ; yet sure in all that warre, there perished...
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Irish History and Irish Character

Goldwin Smith - Ireland - 1861 - 224 pages
...there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal ; so that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast ; yet sure in all that war, there perished not many by the sword,...
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The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to ..., Volume 2

Charles MacFarlane - 1861 - 852 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...
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Irish History and Irish Character

Goldwin Smith - Ireland - 1861 - 222 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 able long to continue therewithal ; so that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous...
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The Diocese of Meath: Ancient and Modern, Volume 2

Anthony Cogan - Ireland - 1867 - 584 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 to continue there withal ; that in short space there was none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void...
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