...borders of " hoar antiquity," for these things have fled and the scene has changed — yet "We love those ancient ruins; " We never tread upon them but we set " Our foot upon some reverend history ! " The scenery on the three RIVERS (Yare, Waveney, and Bure,) in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, though...

...plain in the distinction of our words, That many have supposed it is a spirit That answers. Antonio. I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuriée Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Loved the church so well, and gave so largely to't,...

...not spuken of me the thing which is right.' " From Sbarpe'i Magazme. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BRITTON. I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon...them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; Ami, questionless, here, in this open court, (Which now lies naked to the in|uries • Of stormy...

...Tragedy. The poet has expressed the sentiments of the lover of English history in the following lines: I do love these ancient ruins, We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverent history. I believe that every person, no matter how slightly conversant he may be with historical...

...of the echo device from classical to Jacobean times (II.195-6); see also Brown, p. xxxv. ANTONIO. I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon them...naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't, is They thought it should have canopi'd...

...John Webster expressed the sense of secular change most strikingly, in The Duchess of Malfi (1613?): I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon them...naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't They thought it should have canopy'd their...

...be the fule then ? ' CHAPTER XXV / do love these ancient ruins — We never tread upon them but me set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless,...to the injuries Of stormy weather,') some men lie interr'd, Laved the Church so well, and gave so largely to it,. They thought it should have canopied...

...plain in the distinction of our words, That many have supposed it is a spirit That answers. Antonio. I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon them but we set io Our foot upon some reverend history; And questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked...

...consciousness, a sense of a break with the past," 29 best expressed in Webster's The Duchess ofMalfi: "I do love these ancient ruins: / We never tread upon...but we set / Our foot upon some reverend history" (V.iii.9—11). Even at a distance of some miles the ruined abbey and its environs are a poignant correlative...

...ancient graveyard has an elegiac tone: I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them, hut we set Our foot upon some reverend history. And, questionless,...interred Loved the church so well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till doomsday. But all things have their end:...