Saint Bride

Neither was my lover less faithful; he found means to communicate to me a particular night on which he proposed to attempt to storm the nunnery of Saint Bride, and carry me from hence to freedom and the greenwood, of which Wallace was generally called the king.

Castle Dangerous 2008

Englishman, he had duties to observe towards the community of Saint Bride, which had never given the English government the least subject of complaint.

Castle Dangerous 2008

“What means this?” said the reverend ruler of the convent of Saint Bride; “my young patient has certainly fallen into a syncope or swoon!”

Castle Dangerous 2008

Chapel of Saint Bride is about half a mile from the southern end of Loch

The Lady of the Lake 1810

The windows of the room were very small, and still showed some traces that they had originally been glazed with a painted history of Saint Bride -- another mark of the devotion of the great family of Douglas to their tutelar saint.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

I will go forth, nor do I fear to find relations and friends, who will provide a more fitting place of refuge for Margaret de Hautlieu than the convent of Saint Bride; you, too, dearest lady, shall obtain your freedom, and it will be well to leave such information as will make Sir

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

He reminded the governor that, as a Christian and an Englishman, he had duties to observe towards the community of Saint Bride, which had never given the English government the least subject of complaint.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

The number of those distinguished persons seated upon the present occasion at the table of dais, as it was called, (in virtue of a canopy of green boughs with which it was overshadowed,) comprehended Sir John de Walton, Sir Aymer de Valance, and some reverend brethren dedicated to the service of Saint Bride, who, though Scottish ecclesiastics, were treated with becoming respect by the English soldiers.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

Saint Bride, and satisfy myself whether the young person whom you would pass as your son, is possessed of the same determination as that which you yourself seem to assert.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

"I can only protest by my order, and by the veil of Saint Bride," replied the abbot, the spirit of Celsus appearing to fail his pupil,

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801