 | Edward Bradley - 1863 - 460 страници
...whicb could supply them with choice dinners on fast days ; though, according to the scandalous ballad, O the monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when they fasted ; * Inaugural Lecture on the Study of Modern History, t Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Part ii.... | |
 | Cuthbert Bede - 1863 - 458 страници
...which could supply them with choice dinners on fast days ; though, according to the scandalous ballad, O the monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when they fasted ; * Inaugural Lecture on the Study of Modern History, t Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Part ii.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 498 страници
...honorably mentioned in the old border ballad, — " 0 the monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridiiys, when they fasted; They wanted neither beef nor ale, As long as their neighbors' lasted." This skull Scott had caused to be cleaned and varnished, and placed it on a chest... | |
 | William M'Dowall - 1867 - 940 страници
...for their jollity, the expense of these periodical visits would amount to a heavy rent in itself. " The monks of Melrose made gude kale, On Fridays when they fasted; And wanted neither beef nor ale As lang's their neighbour's lastit. " * Chartulary of Melrose, Nos.... | |
 | William McDowall - 1867 - 938 страници
...for their jollity, the expense of these periodical visits would amount to a heavy rent in itself. " The monks of Melrose made gude kale, On Fridays when they fasted; And wanted neither beef nor ale As tang's their neighbour's lastit." * Chartulary of Melrose, Nos.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 536 страници
...Mary, and the monks were of the Cistercian order. At the time of the Reformation they shared in the general reproach of sensuality and irregularity thrown...of Galashiels, a favourite Scottish air, ran thus : — " 0, the monks of Melrose made gude kale * On Fridays, when they fasted ! They never wanted beef... | |
 | 1872 - 488 страници
...probably brought down the Abbey to where it is now, for we are told : " O, the monks of Melrose made good kale On Fridays when they fasted ; They wanted neither beef nor ale As long as their neighbors' lasted." The reformers at least thought this for they made a ruin of this grand old pile.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 798 страници
...words of Galaihiels, a favonrite Scottish air, ran thns : — ' 0 the monks of Melrose made gude kale l On Fridays when they fasted ; They wanted neither beef nor ale, As long as their neighbonr's lasted.' CANTO IL NOTE A. • When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach... | |
 | William Tennant - 1871 - 200 страници
...hail on feasting days. Feasting may have been the tiling, but we suspect fasting was the name. " Oh, the monks of Melrose made gude kale, On Fridays when they fasted, They neither wanted beef nor ale, As long as their neighbours' lasted." — Old Song. Page 148. St. Ixxviii.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - 208 страници
...St. Mary, and the monks were of the Cistertian order. At the time of the Reformation, they shared the general reproach of sensuality and irregularity, thrown...churchmen. The old words of Galashiels, a favourite Scotch air, run thus : — O the monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when they fasted, They... | |
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O the monks of Melrose made gude kale * On Fridays when they fasted ; They wanted neither beef nor ale, As long as their neighbour's lasted. 
