... hundred of them without arms, who look like the poorest humblest slaves in the world, and you may search till you are weary before you find one gun ; but yet when they have a mind to do mischief they can all be 43 Story, p. 1 6; London Gazette, 2... Revolutionary Ireland and Its Settlement - Page 181by Robert Henry Murray - 1911 - 446 pagesFull view - About this book
| Cork Historical and Archaeological Society - Cork (Ireland : County) - 1897 - 414 pages
...tutch-hole with a small quill, and then throw the piece it self into a running water or pond. You may see an hundred of them without arms, who look like the poorest,...search till you are weary before you find one gun ; but yet, when they have a mind to do mischief, they can all be ready in an hour's warning, lor everyone... | |
| Clifford Walton - History - 1894 - 944 pages
...convenient cover, how they would dismount the locks of their pieces and stow them away in some dry spot or about their clothes, how they would then stop...corks, and the touch-holes with small quills, and chuck away the piece confidently into a pond or other equally secure place ; and then, says he, " You... | |
| Clifford Walton - History - 1894 - 922 pages
...convenient cover, how they would dismount the locks of their pieces and stow them away in some dry spot or about their clothes, how they would then stop...corks, and the touch-holes with small quills, and chuck away the piece confidently into a pond or other equally secure place ; and then, says he, " You... | |
| Walter Temple Willcox - Great Britain - 1908 - 510 pages
...away the piece confidently into a pond or other equally secure hiding place ; and then you may see an hundred of them without arms who look like the poorest humblest slaves in the world, and you may search without finding a gun ; and to do mischief, they can all be ready in an hour's warning. ' The English... | |
| Robert Henry Murray - 1928 - 466 pages
...in the long grass, how they would dismount the locks of their pieces and stow them away in some dry spot, or about their clothes, how they would then...like the poorest, humblest slaves in the world, and ยป 1 E, 3.8, P. 24. * Cf. his fascinating A True and Impartial History of the . . . Wars of Ireland.... | |
| Andrew Hadfield, John McVeagh - History - 1994 - 356 pages
...with a small Quil, and then throw the Piece it self into a running Water or a Pond; you may see an hundred of them without Arms, who look like the poorest...World, and you may search till you are weary before you can find one Gun; but yet when they have a mind to do mischief, they can all be ready in an Hours warning,... | |
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