 | 1856 - 754 pages
...The ration which he received now was three pounds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of pease. It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said over the suppers of that evening." (Vol. III., p. 189.) Good service for King William did the garrison of Londonderry perform. It was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 860 pages
...ration which each now received was three pounds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of pease. It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said...guns continued to roar all night; and all night the beDs of the rescued city made answer to the Irish guns with a peal of joyous defiance. Through the... | |
 | HODGES SMITH - 1856 - 772 pages
...cheeses, casks of beef, flitches of bacon, kegs of butter, sacks of pease and biscuit, ankers of brandy. " It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said...of the ramparts. The Irish guns continued to roar ail night; and all night the bells of the rescued city made answer to the Irish guns with a peal of... | |
 | HODGES SMITH - 1856 - 772 pages
...cheeses, casks of beef, flitches of bacon, kegs of butter, sacks of pease and biscuit, ankers of brandy. " It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said...of the ramparts. The Irish guns continued to roar ail night ; and all night the bells of the rescued city made answer to the Irish guns with a peal of... | |
 | 1856 - 790 pages
...ration which each now received was three pounds of flour, two pounds ol beef, and a pint of pease. It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said...sleep on either side of the wall. The bonfires shone SIEGE OF DERRT. bright along the whole circuit of the ramparts. The Irish guns continued to roar all... | |
 | 1856 - 784 pages
...ration which each now received was three pouuds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of pease. It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said...suppers of that evening. There was little sleep on cither side of the wall. The bonfires shone bright along the «hole circuit of the ramparts. The Irish... | |
 | 1856 - 870 pages
...The ration whkh each now received was three pounds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of pease. It is easy to imagine, with what tears grace was said over the suppers of that evening. There wae little sleep on either side of the wall. The bonfires shone bright along the whole circuit of the... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...quarters of a pound of salted hide had been weighed out with niggardly care 16 to every fighting man. 17 The ration which each now received was three pounds...tears grace was said over the suppers of that evening. 18 There was little sleep on either side 19 1 And when the shout of triumph rose from the Irish, et... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...which each now received was 11 three pounds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of peas. It is 12 easy to imagine with what tears grace was said over the suppers of that evening.13 There was little sleep u on either side 15 of the wall. The bonfires shone bright 16 along... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 612 pages
...ration which each now received was three pounds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of pease. It is easy to imagine with what tears grace was said...guns continued to roar all night ; and all night the bulls of the rescued city made answer to the Irish guns with a ' peal of joyous defiance. Through the... | |
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Not many hours before, half a pound of tallow and three quarters of a pound of salted hide had been weighed out with niggardly care to every fighting man. The ration which each now received was three pounds of flour, two pounds of beef, and a pint of... 
