 About the years 1652 and 1653," says Colonel Lawrence, in his Interests of Ireland, " the plague and famine had so swept away whole counties, that a man might travel twenty or thirty miles and not see a living creature, either man, or beast, or bird,...  History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798, &c: Containing an ... - Page 345by James Gordon - 1803 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Gordon - Ireland - 1801 - 428 pages
...author, who was: an ocular wit- ' nefs of the ftate of things, " the plague and fa" mine had fo fwept away whole counties, that a " man might travel twenty or thirty miles, and " not fee a living creature. Our foldiers would *' tell flories of the places where they fa wa fmoke ; "... | |
 | John Curry - Catholic emancipation - 1810 - 732 pages
...year 1652 and 1653, («ayj an eye-witness) the plague and famine had so swept away whole countries, that a man might travel twenty or thirty miles, and not see a living creature, either man, beast or bird, they being all dead, or had quitted these desolate places. Our soldier*... | |
 | John Curry - 1810 - 736 pages
...year 1652 and 1G53, (says an eye-witness) the plague and famine had so swept away whole countries, that a man might travel twenty or thirty miles, and not see a living creature, either man, beast or btrd( they being all dead, or had quitted these desolate places. Our soldier*... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...Protestants by the massacre of 1641, and the horrors which ensued ; the effects of which were such that " about the year 1652 and 1653," says an author who...twenty or thirty miles, and not see a living creature." Such was the unhappy state of Ulster for many ages, that the writer of these travels may be permitted... | |
 | Books - 1811 - 576 pages
...massacre of 1641, and the horrors which ensued ; the effects of which were such that " about the year 1^52 and 1653," says an author who was an ocular witness...and famine had so swept away whole counties, that a rri^n might travel twenty ,e peaceful circles of a lake, compared to the storms raised by fanaticism... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...Protestants by the massacre of 1641, and the horrors which ensued ; the effects of which were such that "about the year 1652 and 1653," says an author who...might travel twenty or thirty miles, and not see a liring creature." » Such was the unhappy state of Ulster for many ages, that the •writer of these... | |
 | 1825 - 588 pages
...the informer. ' About the years 1652 and 1653,' says Colonel Lawrence in his Interests of Ireland, ' the plague and famine had so swept away whole counties,...twenty or thirty miles and not see a living creature, either man nor beast, nor bird, — they being all dead, or had quitted those desolate places. Our... | |
 | John Gamble - Dublin (Ireland) - 1826 - 374 pages
...with calm and deliberate cruelty. A like desolation followed this rebellion as the preceding one. " About the year 1652 and 1653," says an author who...things, " the plague and famine had so swept away whole countries, that a man might travel twenty or thirty miles, and not see a living creature. Our soldiers... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1840 - 424 pages
...the informer. ' About the years 1652 and 1623,' says Colonel Lawrence in his Interests of Ireland, ' the plague and famine had so swept away whole counties,...twenty or thirty miles and not see a living creature, either man nor beast, nor bird, — they being all dead, or had quitted those desolate places. Our... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 388 pages
...to the informer. ' About the year 1652 and 1653,' says Colonel Lawrence in bis Interests of Ireland, 'the plague and famine had so swept away whole counties,...twenty or thirty miles and not see a living creature, either man or beast, or bird, — they being all dead, or had quitted those desolate places. Our soldiers... | |
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