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 91
heirduty to impart to others; but the acknowledged portion ofgood that was mingled with the evil in its composition andcharacter, and, still more, its inherent capacity of being madeavailable to better purposes, should have been its protectionfrom violence and plunder. Its ruins present a mournful… … DESCRIPTION OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY, X The most exact and cultivated taste could scarcely havesuggested sites more susceptible of improvement and deco-ration than those generally selected for monastic establish-ments. The remark is common, and its propriety amply illustratedby the subject now before us.…
Fountains Abbey (North Yorkshire, England) · Cistercians · Abbeys
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