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" I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie... "
Waverly Novels: Kenilworth. The pirate
by Walter Scott - 1842
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The Pirate's Daughter, Volume 2

Eliza Ann Dupuy - American fiction - 1845 - 232 pages
...thanks should be offered up for our deliverance from such a scourge," said Mr. Sinclair. CHAPTER XXII. I do love these ancient ruins : We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. HEMAKS. Deserted at his utmost need. DKTDEK. ON the western shore of the Bay, about a mile from the...
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The North British Review, Volume 2

English literature - 1845 - 758 pages
...hoped to regenerate the land, by proscribing the genius which immortalized it. these ancient mines ; We never tread upon them, but we set our foot Upon some reverend historic. It was in the old hall of that deserted palace, that the heart of Mary, in the enthusiasm...
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On the Reverence Due to Holy Places

James Heywood Markland, Author of Remarks on English churches - Anglican church buildings - 1846 - 146 pages
...picturesque beauty or historical associations should we be disposed to exclaim with the poet — " I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon...injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd, Who lov'd the Church so well, and gave so largely to't, ° As in the recent case of S. Benet, Fink,...
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The Patrician, Volume 4

John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1847 - 636 pages
...of execution. THE CASTLES AND MANSIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Comngsburjrl), to. f?orfc. " We do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history." FEW of " the Castles of England " can be 'traced to so remote a period as Coningshurgh. Authentic evidence...
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Belford Regis, Or, Sketches of a Country Town

Mary Russell Mitford - 1846 - 456 pages
...that in which the Echo answers from the murdered woman's grave,— " I do love these ancient ruini; We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon...reverend history ; And, questionless, here in this ope_n court (Which now lies open to the injuries Of stormy weather) ^me do lie interr'd, I oveii the...
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The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz. Our Village ...

Mary Russell Mitford - English literature - 1846 - 684 pages
...woman's grave, — " I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread Uрon them hut we net Our loot upon some reverend history ; And, questionless, here in this open court (Which now lies open to the injuries Of stormy wcather) some do lie inlerr'd, lovod the church so well, and give eo...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts ...

William Goodman - Great Britain - 1847 - 336 pages
...PENS JR. Bringing to mind the reflection of the old poet Webster : " I do love these ancient ruines. , We never tread upon them but we set our foot Upon some reverende historic !" I will begin this chapter by copying part of the inventory of Kilburn Priory,...
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The Historic Lands of England, Volume 1

Bernard Burke - England - 1848 - 268 pages
...adorns, and forests abound ; S-ee Bliss has created a Paradise round. ContncrSburcrl), co. Oovh. " We do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history." FEW of " the Castles of England " can be traced to so remote a period as Coningsburgh. Authentic evidence...
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Tytler's History of Scotland examined, a review [by P. Fraser].

lord Patrick Fraser - 1848 - 260 pages
...hoped to regenerate the land by proscribing the genius which immortalized it. these ancient mines ; We never tread upon them, but we set our foot Upon some reverend historic. It was in the old hall of that deserted palace, that the heart of Mary, in the enthusiasm...
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Loiterings among the lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland, by the author of ...

George Mogridge - Lake region (Cumbria) - 1849 - 228 pages
...narrow dell, watered by a crystal stream, at a distance of about six or seven miles from Ulverston. ' I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.' "The monks of this abbey came originally from the monastery of Savigny, in Normandy, which belonged...
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