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It was not till three years later that, in the course of a few weeks 'idling on the Riviera, it suddenly occurred to me to wonder why Gisburn had given up his painting.
The Verdict 1908
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[840] Gisburn is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire on the river Ribble, not far from the border of Lancashire.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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And passing through Scotland, at the very border of England he went aside to the Church of Gisburn, where there dwell religious men leading a canonical life, [840] familiar to him of old for their religious conversation and honourable character.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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It was not till three years later that, in the course of a few weeks 'idling on the Riviera, it suddenly occurred to me to wonder why Gisburn had given up his painting.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 Edith Wharton 1899
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It was not till three years later that, in the course of a few weeks 'idling on the Riviera, it suddenly occurred to me to wonder why Gisburn had given up his painting.
The Hermit and the Wild Woman Edith Wharton 1899
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The monastery of Gisburn, of which the ruins remain to the south of the parish church, was founded for Augustinian canons, in 1129, by Robert de Brus
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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The region where he lived is rich in legend, and not far away is the old market town of Gisburn, where Guy of that ilk fought with Robin Hood, and where, until the middle of the nineteenth century, a herd of the wild cattle of England roamed through the park.
More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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Scarborough in the East, and round about Gisburn, etc., in Craven, in the West.
Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Scarborough in the East, and round about Gisburn, etc., in Craven, in the
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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In the Tradition of "The Dule upo 'Dun," Mr Roby states that a public-house having that sign stood at the entrance of a small village on the right of the highway to Gisburn, and barely three miles from
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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