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These venerable ruins stand upon the southern bank of the Tweed, in Roxburghshire. The domestic buildings of the monastery are entirely gone; but the remains of the church connected with, as seen in the above Engraving, are described by Mr. Chambers[1] as "the finest specimen...
"I was one day feeding the poor elephant (who was so barbarously put to death at Exeter 'Change) with potatoes, which he took out of my hand. One of them, a round one, fell on t...
3. Chapter 3In a recent _Mirror_, (No. 540) this may have been made manifest to the reader in the Legal Rhymes, quoted by our correspondent, _W.A.R.;_[9] but lo! here is a volume of evidenc...
1. Chapter 1These venerable ruins stand upon the southern bank of the Tweed, in Roxburghshire. The domestic buildings of the monastery are entirely gone; but the remains of the church conne...
4. Chapter 4How many dayes in one whole year there be, So many windows in one church we see, So many marble pillars there appear, As there are hours throughout the fleeting year. So many ga...