 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
 | British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1855 - 524 pages
...these auncient ruyncs — We never tread upon them but we set Our footc upon some reverend historic ; And, questionless, here in this open court (Which...naked to the injuries Of stormy weather) some men lye interred, Loved the church so well, and gave so largely to it, They thought it should have canopied... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...eouldst bear away The thoughts that burden my weary day ! Hoffman's Poems, RUINS. I do love these aneient ruins: We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some rev'rend history ; And questionless, here in this open eourt, Whieh now lies naked to the injuries... | |
 | John Webster, Alexander Dyce - Drama - 1857 - 424 pages
...So plain in the distinction of our words, That many have suppos'd it is a spirit That answers. Ant. I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon...injuries Of stormy weather, some men + lie interr'd Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones... | |
 | American periodicals - 1851 - 644 pages
...not spuken of me the thing which is right.' " From Sbarpe'i Magazme. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BRITTON. I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; Ami, questionless, here, in this open court, (Which now lies naked to the in|uries • Of stormy... | |
 | 1910 - 1216 pages
...Tragedy. The poet has expressed the sentiments of the lover of English history in the following lines: I do love these ancient ruins, We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverent history. I believe that every person, no matter how slightly conversant he may be with historical... | |
 | Jonathan Dollimore, Alan Sinfield - Literary Collections - 1983 - 406 pages
...uses of the echo device from classical to Jacobean times (II.195-6); see also Brown, p. xxxv. ANTONIO. I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon...injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't, is They thought it should have canopi'd their bones... | |
 | C. John Sommerville - History - 1992 - 238 pages
...John Webster expressed the sense of secular change most strikingly, in The Duchess of Malfi (1613?): I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon...injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't They thought it should have canopy'd their bones... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1902 - 394 pages
...be the fule then ? ' CHAPTER XXV / do love these ancient ruins — We never tread upon them but me set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless,...injuries Of stormy weather,') some men lie interr'd, Laved the Church so well, and gave so largely to it,. They thought it should have canopied their bones... | |
 | John Webster - Drama - 1997 - 196 pages
...plain in the distinction of our words, That many have supposed it is a spirit That answers. Antonio. I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon them but we set io Our foot upon some reverend history; And questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked... | |
 | Kurt Fosso - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 316 pages
...consciousness, a sense of a break with the past," 29 best expressed in Webster's The Duchess ofMalfi: "I do love these ancient ruins: / We never tread upon...but we set / Our foot upon some reverend history" (V.iii.9—11). Even at a distance of some miles the ruined abbey and its environs are a poignant correlative... | |
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