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abbey

[ab-ee] / ˈæb i /
NOUN
building that houses monks, nuns, or priests; church
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ABBEY, H. GIBSON, and others; Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer," illustrated by ABBEY; important papers on Art.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various

With a woman's prompt benevolence, Mrs. Wildman, before she laid her head upon her pillow, wrote the following letter to the destitute stranger: "NEWSTEAD ABBEY,   "Tuesday night, September 20, 1825.

From Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey by Irving, Washington




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