 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 ページ
...then abbess. She afterwards adorned the place of her education with great magnificence. Note X. — of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone When holy Hilda prayed. how sea-fowls1 pinions fail, As over Whitb 's towers they sail. — P. 91' These two miracles are much... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 ページ
...then abbess. She afterwards adorned the place of her education with great magnificence. Note X. <lf thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed. how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As orer Whitby's towers they sail.— P. 91. These two miracles are much... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 280 ページ
...was then abbess. She afterwards adorned the place of her education with great magnificence. Note X. of thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil of stone, Wlien holy Hilda prayed. how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As over Whitby's towers they sail. — P. 93.... | |
 | James Parkinson - 1811 - 572 ページ
...being petrified snakes. Thus the nuns of Whitby " : told How, of thousand snakes, each one Was chang'd .into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed ; Themselves...their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. •"i Nor did Saint Cuthbert's daughters* fail To vie with these in holy tale. * The Nuns of Lindisfarn,... | |
 | Frederick Kendall - 1816 - 364 ページ
...attributing their existence to miraculqusi agency, and " told How, of thousand snakes, each one Was chang'd into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda prayed ; Themselves within their holy hound, Their stony folds had often found." MAHMION, Canto II, TV 1JJ. * Lin. Syst nat. torn. ai3 p.... | |
 | George Young - 1817 - 520 ページ
...celebrated Poem, as a part of the conversation between the nuns of Whitby and those of Lindisfarue. " They told, how in their convent cell A Saxon princess...thousand snakes, each one. Was changed into a coil ol stone, When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within thoir holy bound, Their stony folds had often... | |
 | George Young - 1817 - 500 ページ
...of the conversation between the nuns of Whitby and those «f Undisfarue. " They told, how in Iheir convent cell A Saxon princess once did dwell. The...thousand snakes, each one Was changed into a coil ot stone. When holy Hilda prayed ; Themsel\es, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 ページ
...Ascension-day, each year, While lahouring on our harhour-pier, Must Herhert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told how, in their convent cell, A Saxon Princess...When holy Hilda prayed; Themselves, within their holy hound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls' pinions fail, As over Whithy's... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 ページ
...labouring on our harbour-pier, Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled...Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls'... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 ページ
...labouring on our harbour-pier, " Must Herbert, Bruce, and Percy hear." They told, how in their convent-cell A Saxon princess once did dwell, The lovely Edelfled;...Was changed into a coil of stone, When holy Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls... | |
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Hilda pray'd ; Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls... 
