 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 pirateby Walter Scott - 1842Snippet view - About this book
 | Questions and answers - 1902 - 664 pages
...JOHN A. RANDOLPH. Г28, Alexandra Road, Wimbledon, SW [" Abbayes " is a mistake. The lines run :— I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. They occur in 'The Duchess of Main,' V. iii. (Webster's ' Works,' ed. Hazlitt, 1857, vol. ii. p. 270).]... | |
 | John Britton - 1849 - 394 pages
...UPON THEM BUT WE SET OtlB FOOT I'POX SOME REVERENT) HISTORY ; AND, QUESTIONLESS, HERE, EX THIS OFEN COURT, (WHICH NOW LIES NAKED TO THE INJURIES OF STORMY WEATHER) SOME MEN LIE INTERRED, WHO LOVED THE CHURCH SO WELL, AND GAVE SO LARGELY TO IT, THEY THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE CANOFIED... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1850 - 770 pages
...not thy carrion ! Pity winds thy corse, Whilst horror waits on princes." WEBSTJBB, vol. 1, p. 129. " I DO love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Who loved the church so well, and gave so largely to it : [bones They thought it should have canopied... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Lake District (England) - 1850 - 340 pages
...London. A short distance from the village is a medicinal spring, called Holywell. FURNESS ABBEY. " I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some lie interr'd, Loved the church so well, and gave so largely to't They thought it should have canopied... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Heraldry - 1850 - 630 pages
...homage paid to genius by a Portuguese King. О. С. Н. DALE ABBEY. I do love these ancient rums I We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon...questionless, here in this open court (Which now lies open to the injuries Of stormy weather) some do lie interred, Lived the church well, and gave so largely... | |
 | Charles Mackie - Castles - 1850 - 556 pages
...Remembrance laden with reproach and pain, To those who make, like me, this pilgrimage ! itntomtatt No.M. •I DO LOVE THESE ANCIENT RUINS ; WE NEVER TREAD UPON THEM, BUT WE SET OUR FOOT UPON SOME BEVEREND HISTORY ; AND, QUESTIONLESS, HERE— IN THESE OPEN COUBTS, WHICH NOW LIE NAKED TO THE INJURIES... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1850 - 684 pages
...conceived by a poet's imagination, that in which the Echo answers from the murdered woman's grave,— " I do love these ancient ruins; We never tread upon them but we set Our fcol upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court (Which now lies open to... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1851 - 768 pages
...not thy carrion ! Pity winds thy corse, Whilst horror waits on princes." WEBSTEE, vol. 1, p. 129. " I DO love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Who loved the church so well, and gave so largely to it : [bones They thought it should have canopied... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1851 - 586 pages
...SCATTEBCASH, BART., NONSUCH HOUSE, &c. By Express Train." THE MONEY BANKS FIELD. A TALK POUNDED ON FACT. I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. WEBSTER'S Duchess ofMalfy. IT is now full thirty summers since, as a young Oxonian, I spent some months... | |
 | English literature - 1851 - 540 pages
...polish him off next month. THE MONEY BANKS FIELD. A TALE FOUNDED ON FACT. I do love these ancient ruin?. We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. WEBSTEB'S Duchen ofMalfy. IT is now full thirty summers since, as a young Oxonian, I spent some months... | |
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