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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1891)

Lefroy, William Chambers · London : Seeley and Co., limited; New York, Macmillan & Co. · leaf 154

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of the Gospels. But all was invain ; and there was nothing for it but to return toKirkstall and practise economy. Alexander, true abbot in de< well as in name though he w will hardly compare in saintliness either with the un- 1 Statuimus qu de Bi ycewell et Marton sint flc in ,\i.i parochia.… … u a H faO «O 3 HZ w S3CQ< < jt . Kirk stall 137 practical Hageth or with one or two of his successors,of whom brief mention must now be made. Thefourth Abbot, for instance, Turgesius by name, wasan ascetic of the true medieval type. Not only didhe abjure shoes in the bitterest weather and…

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