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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... "
Some traditionall memorialls on the reign of Queene Elizabeth [by Francis ... - Page 116
by Walter Scott - 1811
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A Compendium of the History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the ...

John Lawless - Ireland - 1823 - 362 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 to continue there withal ; that in a short space there was none almost left, and a most populous and...
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 7

1824 - 624 pages
...spared not to scape 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 them withal, that in short space there "as none almost left; and a most populous and plentiful...
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Researches in the South of Ireland: Illustrative of the Scenery ...

Thomas Crofton Croker - Ireland - 1824 - 448 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...
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The London Magazine, Volume 9

1824 - 706 pages
...spared not to scrap« 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...
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Researches in the south of Ireland, with an appendix [by J. Adams ...

Thomas Crofton Croker - 1824 - 442 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...
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Memoirs of Captain Rock: The Celebrated Irish Chieftain, with Some Account ...

Thomas Moore - Botany Bay (N.S.W.) - 1824 - 404 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...
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Absenteeism

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - Absentee landlordism - 1825 - 200 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 them withal, that in short space there was none almost left ; and a most populous and plentiful...
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The History of the Policy of the Church of Rome in Ireland: From the ...

William Phelan - Ireland - 1827 - 378 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 : so that in short space there was none almost left, and a most populous and...
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The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Volume 1

Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1831 - 690 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 there withal, that in short space there were none left, and a most populous plentiful country suddenly...
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The Country Gentleman's Magazine

Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 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 there withal, that in short space there were none left, and a most populous, plentiful country suddenly...
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