... ere one year and a half they were brought to 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 legs could not bear them ; they looked... Limerick: its history and antiquities - Page 110by Maurice Lenihan - 1866Full view - About this book
| 1843 - 272 pages
...you would have thought they should have beene able to stand long, yet ere one yeare and a halfe they were brought to such wretchednesse as that any stony...glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legges could not beare them, they looked like anatomies of death, they spake like ghosts crying... | |
| Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1877 - 306 pages
...country, full of corn and cattle, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs would not bear them. They looked like... | |
| Augustus J. Thébaud - Ireland - 1878 - 612 pages
...was a most rich and plentiful country, full of corne and cattle, . . . yet ere one yeare and a half they " (the Irish) " were brought to such wretchednesse...heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of woods and glynnes, they came creeping forthe upon their hands, for their Icgges could not beare them... | |
| Augustus J. Thébaud - Ireland - 1878 - 574 pages
...was a most rich and plentiful country, full of corne and cattle, . . . yet ere one yeare and a half they " (the Irish) " were brought to such wretchednesse...heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of woods and glynnes, they came creeping forthe upon their hands, for their legges could not beare them... | |
| 1878 - 608 pages
...should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynns they came, creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked... | |
| John McDonnell - Ireland - 1879 - 218 pages
...that you would have thought they should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchednesse, as that any stony...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... | |
| John McDonnell - Ireland - 1879 - 204 pages
...that you would have thought they should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchednesse, as that any stony...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... | |
| Authors, English - 1880 - 566 pages
...should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same....glynnes 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... | |
| Biography - 1883 - 776 pages
...should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same....glynnes 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... | |
| Henry Morley - Ireland - 1890 - 644 pages
...terribly." He tells what he saw of the starvation of the Irish " in those late wars in Munster," so that " any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the wood and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they... | |
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