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Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland (1864)

Howitt, William, 1792-1879 · London : A.W. Bennett · leaf 185

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ville. It is the native place, alfo, of Sir David Brewfter; andwith thefe names we bid adieu to The hoary peaks of Scotland, that give birth To Teviots ftream, to Annan, Tweed, and Clyde. Dryburgh Abbey. Let us explore the ruined abbeys choir ; Its fretted roof and windows of rich tracery, The… … 1^ VS h are now come into the immediate vicinity of/i/ the great romancer of Abbotsford, and to theplace which, for its beauty, as well as fomeanceftral aflbciations, he chofe for his burial-place. To both thefe influences—thofe ofnature and of anceftry—no man was evermore fubjeil. He raifed his…

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