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" Out of every corner of the woods and glens 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 out of their graves... "
An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland: From the ... - Page 25
by John Curry - 1810 - 660 pages
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The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland,

William Henry Bartlett - Engraving - 1844 - 312 pages
...heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynns, they' (the people of Munster.) ' came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs...their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy when they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared...
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The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, Volume 1

Nathaniel Parker Willis, Joseph Stirling Coyne - Ireland - 1842 - 444 pages
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A Memoir on Ireland ; Native and Saxon, Volume 1

Daniel O'Connell - Great Britain - 1843 - 98 pages
...come and cattel, ' yet, ere one yeare and a half, they were brought 1 to such wretchedness as that any stony heart ' would rue the same. Out of every corner...like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they ' did ate the dead carrions, happy where they ' could find them ; yea, and one another soone ' after ; insomuch...
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The Condition and Fate of England ...

Charles Edwards Lester - England - 1843 - 336 pages
...peasantry to the state he thus fearfully describes. He says " out of every corner of the woods and glynnes they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves — they eat the dead carrion, happy when they could find them, yea and one another soon after ; insomuch as...
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History of Ireland and the Irish People: Under the Government of England

Samuel Smiles - Ireland - 1844 - 524 pages
...plentiful country, yet, ere one year and a half, they were brought to such wretchedness, as that any stony heart would rue the same. Out of every corner...their 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...
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Memoranda of Irish matters, by obscure men of good intention

Irish matters - 1844 - 98 pages
...same ; out of every corner of the woods, and glens, they came creeping forth upon their hands, as if their legs could not bear them ; they looked like...their graves ; they did eat the ; dead carrions, happy when they could find them ; yea, and one another, soon after, in so much, that the very carcases they...
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Ireland: Historical and Statistical, Volume 1

George Lewis Smyth - Ireland - 1844 - 388 pages
...same ; out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, as if their legs could not bear them ; they looked like...graves ; they did eat the dead carrions — happy when they could find them ; yea, and one another soon after, — insomuch that the very carcases they...
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An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland: From the Period of the English ...

Michael John Brenan - Ireland - 1845 - 528 pages
...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...their 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...
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The Complte History of Ireland,: From the Earliest Times: Being Compiled ...

Ireland - 1845 - 882 pages
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The Patrician, Volume 4

John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1847 - 636 pages
...rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynes they came creeping forth upon their handes, for their legs could not bear them : they looked like...crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrion, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch, as the very carcasses...
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