Croyland Abbey: an Historical SketchSociety for promoting Christian knowledge, 1867 - 142 páginas |
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Abbot Godric Abbot Ingulphus Abbot Joffrid Abbot of Croyland almond milk altar appointed Archbishop of Canterbury beautiful Bishop Bishop of Lincoln brethren Brithmer building Canute cathedrals caused charter chief choir church cloister Colored Plates court Croy Croyland Abbey Danes danger death Depyng destruction devotion died Duke William Earl Egelric England English estates Ethelbald exactions famous favour fens fire foundation fugitives Gale gave Gilt edges give granted Guthlac Hist history of Croyland hundred JOSEPH LAMB King Edred King Henry king's land Lanfranc Lincoln Lincolnshire manors Mercia misfortunes monas monastery of Croyland monks of Croyland nastery neighbouring night noble Norman Normandy obtained Peter of Blois Peterborough powerful prayers priests prior privileges prosperity ravages refectory religion revenues rich Richard ruin sacred saints Saxon seized seneschal soon Spalding stone succeeded suppressed teries terrible tion took Turgar Turketul whole Witlaf Wulketul
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Página 86 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow- wreaths to stone.
Página 129 - THREATS come which no submission may assuage, No sacrifice avert, no power dispute ; The tapers shall be quenched, the belfries mute, And, 'mid their choirs unroofed by selfish rage, The warbling wren shall find a leafy cage ; The gadding bramble hang her purple fruit ; And the green lizard and the gilded newt Lead unmolested lives, and die of age.
Página 66 - ... did as they pleased with the noblest women, and left them nothing but to weep and wish for death.2 These licentious knaves were amazed at themselves; they went mad with pride and astonishment at beholding themselves so powerful, at having servants richer than their own fathers had ever been.3 Whatever they willed, they deemed it fully permissible to do; they shed blood at random, tore the bread from the mouths of the wretched people, and took everything, money, goods, land...
Página 141 - England suppressed, and the king had then in his hand the greatest opportunity of making royal and noble foundations that ever king of England had. But whether out of policy to give a general content to the gentry by selling...