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History of the Policy of the Church of Rome in Ireland: From the ... - Page 219
by William Phelan - 1854 - 352 pages
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2

Thomas Warton - 1807 - 354 pages
...spake like ghostes crying out of their graves ; they eat the dead carrions, happy were they could they find them, yea, and one another soon after; insomuch,...graves. And if they found a plot of water-cresses, or shamrockes, there they flocked, as to a feast, for the time ; yet not able long to continue there withall,...
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2

Thomas Warton - 1807 - 388 pages
...spake like ghostes crying out of their graves ; they eat the dead carrions, happy were they could they find them, yea, and one another soon after; insomuch,...graves. And if they found a plot of water-cresses, of shamrockes, there they flocked, as to a feast, for the time ; yet not able long to continue there...
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An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English ..., Volume 1

Dennis Taaffe - 1809 - 588 pages
...death; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after : insomuch, as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and, if they found a plot of watercresses...
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An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland: From the ...

John Curry - 1810 - 732 pages
...death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after : insomuch, as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves, and, if they found » plot of watercresses...
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An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland, from the ...

John Curry - 1810 - 736 pages
...death ; they spake like ghosts. crying oat of their graves, they did eat the dead carrions, happy were they could find them, yea, and one another soon after : insomuch, as the very carcasses thev spared not to scrape out of their graves, and, if they found a plot of watercresses...
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Secret history of the court of James the First: containing, I. Osborne's ...

Walter Scott - 1811 - 500 pages
...under the title of a protecteress. Though the Dutch were no lesse hers by interest did eat the dead carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses, or shamrocks,-here they flocked, as to a feast for the time ; yet not able long to continue therewithall,...
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A Compendium of the History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the ...

John Lawless - 1815 - 558 pages
...graves: they did eat the dead carrions, *• 1?*^ where they could find them; yea, and one another **• after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves -T and If they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocs, there they flocked as to a feast for the...
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annals of ireland

the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...spake like ghosts crying out of their graves ; they did eat the dead carrions — happy were they that could find them — yea, and one another soon after,...they 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 a time, yet...
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A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland: Drawn Up ..., Volume 2

1816 - 680 pages
...spoke like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions;—happy were they that could find them : yea, and one another soon after,...scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of water-cressss or shamrocks, there they nocked as to a feast for a time, yet not being able to continue...
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Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh

James Stuart - 1819 - 692 pages
...death—they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves. They did cole tlio deade carrions—happy where they could find them ; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not lo scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of watercresses,...
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