| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods (concealed from prophane eyes) lie hid the ruins of Ncttely abbey; there may be richer and greater houses of religion,...man !) and bidding his beads for the souls of his benefactors, interred in that venerable pile that lies beneath him. Beyond it (the meadow still descending)... | |
| Elegant epistles - 1812 - 320 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods (concealed from profane eyes) lie hid the ruins of Nettley Abbey ; there may be richer and greater houses of...religion, but the abbot is content with his situation. Sec thcre, at the top of that hanging meadow, under thr shade of those old trees that bend into a half... | |
| Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods, concealed from profane eyes, lie hid the ruins of Nettely abbey. There may be richer and greater houses of religion,...but the abbot is content with his situation. See, at the top of that hanging meadow, under the shade of those old trees that B6 bend into a half circle... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods, concealed from profane eyes, lie hid the ruins of Nettely-abbey. There may be richer and greater houses of religion,...but the abbot is content with his situation. See, at the top of that hanging meadovy, under the shade of those old trees thai bend into a half circle... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods (concealed from profane eyes), lie hid'the rnitis of Netlley Abbey ; there may be richer and greater houses of...walking slowly (good man !}, and bidding his beads fur the souls of his benefactors, interred in that venerable pile that lies beneath him. Beyond it... | |
| 1816 - 358 pages
...a distance, > In the bosom of the woods, concealed from profane eyes, lie hid the ruins of Nettely abbey. There may be richer and greater houses of religion, but the abbot is content with his situation. See at the top of that hanging meadow, under the shade of those old trees that bend into a half circle... | |
| 1821 - 394 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods (concealed from profane eyes) lie hid the ruins of Nettely abbey ; there may be richer and greater houses of...circle about it, he is walking slowly (good man !) and telling his beads for the souls of his benefactors, interred in that venerable pile that lies beneath... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pages
...distinctly seen in the bosom of the woods (concealed from profane eyes) lie hid the ruins of Netteley Abbey ; there may be richer and greater houses of...man !) and bidding his beads for the souls of his benefactors, interred in that venerable pile that lies beneath him. Beyond it (the meadow still descending)... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1820 - 492 pages
...distinctly seen. In the bosom of the woods (concealed from profane eyes) lie hid the ruins of Nettely abbey; there may be richer and greater houses of religion,...a half circle about it, he is walking slowly (good muni) and telling his beads for the souls of his benefactors, interred in that' venerable pile that... | |
| 1821 - 426 pages
...greater houses of religion, but the abbot is content with his situation. See, at the top of that banging meadow, under the shade of those old trees that bend...into a half circle about it, he is walking slowly, and bidding his beads for the souls of his benefactors, interred in the venerable pile that lies beneath... | |
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