harm; it is fine in its general afpeCt, and in itsminuteft details. It is a ftudy—a glory. The church is two 2 B i86 MELROSE ABBEY. hundred and eighty-feven feet in length, and at the greateftbreadth one hundred and fifty-feven feet. The weft is whollyruined ; but the great eaftern window remains,… … MELROSE : THE NAVE. richnefs of fculpture, though often only in fragments. Theonly wonder is that fo much has efcaped the numberlefsaflaults of enemies. During the reigns of Henry VIII.,Edward VI., and Elizabeth, the abbey was continually fufFer-iiig from their inroads, in which the fpirit of…
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