The book Britons And Muscovites, Or Traits of Two Empires was written by author Guild, Curtis, 1827-1911. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of Britons And Muscovites, Or Traits of Two Empires book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Britons And Muscovites, Or Traits of Two Empires a good or bad book?
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CHAPTER V. A shout ride from Darlington, and we were at Ripon, where the great cathedral and the beautiful ruins of Fountains Abbey are the historic sights that will claim the attention and interest of the tourist. The city of Ripon is in the county of York, and nearly midway between London and Edinburgh, being two hundred and twelve miles from the former, and one hundred and ninety-one from the latter city. It stands on a slight eminence, which gradually rises from the two little rivers Yore a...nd Shell, and over the Yore is one of those beautiful English bridges, built entirely of stone, with graceful arches, seventeen in number, sup- porting its two hundred and sixty yards of length. Of course Ripon is one of those old English towns that have many antiquities, and much history to interest the student and antiquarian, and dates back to the seventh century, the grant of lands for the foundation of a monastery being made, it is said, in 660. The site of Fountains Abbey, however, according to local history, was granted in 1182 by Thurstan, Archbishop of York, out of his liberty of Ripon, to certain monks who had separated themselves from what they deemed the lax discipline of the Benedictine Abbe}^ of St.
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