Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 163
lln the tenth century the abbey was ruled by one whonot only shed a glory over it by the holiness of his life andby his abilities, but who was also called upon to shapethe destinies of his country. This was the celebrated St.Dunstan, who, born almost under the shadow of the mon-astery, in his youth… … GLASTONBURY of life. For a while Dunstan, destined for a more ex-tended sphere of usefulness, found peace and true happi-ness in the secluded cloister life at Glastonbury. Hisbiographers picture him for us as sitting in the corridorsof the abbey with the brethren; as walking with a com-panion about…
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