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Delineations, graphical and descriptive, of Fountains' Abbey, in the West Riding of the County of York (1820)

Storer, James, 1771-1853, Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837 · London : Longman, Rees : And C. Tilt ; Cambridge : T. Stevenson ; Ripon : E. Langdale · leaf 115

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day ; then see the potentmitred lord, with gem-studded crosier, and the ensign of hisChristian faith borne on high, followed by a train of white-robed, black-hooded, and woollen-girt monks glide throughthe roofless and shattered nave, in all the pomp of Rome.Imagination, still alert, accompanies… … 91 The delusive reverie continues ; retiring- monks crowd to thedormitory, their wonted place of rest, where a bed of strawreceives them, and they recline in their cowls and tunicstill midnight prayer. Distant voices are heard; femaleelegance and beauty enter the choir; the lively groups dissi-pate…

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