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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... "
Miscellanea: Comprising Reviews, Lectures, and Essays, on Historical ... - Page 517
by Martin John Spalding - 1894
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The History of England, Volume 3

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 562 pages
...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...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy when they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, inasmuch...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 13

Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of the wood and glynns, they (the people of Munster,) came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions happy when they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch,...
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Sketches in Ireland: Descriptive of Interesting Portions of the Counties of ...

Caesar Otway - Cork (Ireland : County) - 1839 - 414 pages
...out of every corner of the woods and glynnes, they came creeping forth on their hands and knees, fjr their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrion, happy were they •when they could find them; yea, and one another, some...
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Lives of illustrious ... Irishmen, ed. by J. Wills, Volume 2, Part 1

Irishman - 1840 - 256 pages
...which, though often quoted, we cannot omit: — " Out of the corners of the woods and glens the natives came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs...them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spoke like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy when they could...
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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...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy when they could find them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch...
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A Memoir on Ireland ; Native and Saxon, Volume 1

Daniel O'Connell - Great Britain - 1843 - 98 pages
...wretchedness as that any stony heart ' would rue the same. Out of every corner of the ' woods and glynns, they came creeping forth ' upon their hands, for their...spake 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...
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The Condition and Fate of England ...

Charles Edwards Lester - England - 1843 - 336 pages
...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 legs...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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A Memoir on Ireland Native and Saxon

Daniel O'Connell - Great Britain - 1843 - 98 pages
...wretchedness as that any stony ' heart would rue the same. Out of every corner ' of the woods and glynns, they came creeping ' forth upon their hands, for their...them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; ' they (pake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; ' they did ate the dead carrions, happy where ' they...
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History of Ireland and the Irish People: Under the Government of England

Samuel Smiles - Ireland - 1844 - 524 pages
...wretchedness, as that any stony heart would rue the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glynns, they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them, yea, and one another soon after ; insomuch,...
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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...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions — happy when they could find them ; yea, and one another soon after, —...
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