 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1779 - 598 pages
...though the refort of pilgrims is exceedingly diminifhed. The greateft numbers are from Lancafliire.—* In the .fummer, ftill a few are to be feen in the...well ; or threading the arch between well and well a prefcrjbed number of times. Few people of rank at prefent honor the fountain with their prcfence. A... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1779 - 616 pages
...the refort of pilgrims is exceedingly diminifhed. The greateft numbers are from Lancafhire. — • In the fummer, ftill a few are to be feen in the water...performing a number of evolutions round the polygonal well j or threading the arch between well and well a prefcribed number of times. Few people of rank at prefent... | |
 | English drama - 1780 - 438 pages
...formerly very great ; and, thougfc eonliderably diminilhed, there are lull to be feen in the fummer a few in the water in deep devotion up to their chins for...well ; or threading the arch between well and well a prefpribed number of times. The legend of St. Wenefrede is well known. Thofe who clelirc more information... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Great Britain - 1793 - 472 pages
...has confiderably decreafed. The greateft number are from Lancafhire. In the fummer a few are ftill to be feen in the water, in deep devotion, up to their...the polygonal well, or threading the arch between tween the bafon and the well a prefcriied number of times. A crowned head, in the laft age, dignified... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...he seen, in the summer, a few in the water, in deep devotion, up to their chins for hours, sending up their prayers; or performing a number of evolutions...well ; or threading the arch between well and well a prescribed number of times. The legend of S» Wenefrede is well known. Those who desire more information... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 620 pages
...snmmer, a few in the water, in deep devotion, up to their chin; for hours, sending up their prayers r or performing a number of evolutions round the polygonal...well ; or threading the arch between well and well a prescribed number of times. The legend of St Wenefrede is well known. Those who desire more information... | |
 | E. Polehamton - 1815 - 470 pages
...summer a few are still to be seen in the water, in deep devotion, up to their chins lor hours, sending up their prayers, or performing a number of evolutions round the polygonal well. In the year 1686 James II. visited this well, and received as a reward, a present of the very shift... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 472 pages
...summer a few are still to be seen in the water, in deep devotion, up to their chins for hours, sending up their prayers, or performing a • number of evolutions round the polygonal well. In the year l6$6 James II. visited thisTvell, and received as a reward, a present of the very shift... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...the summer a few are to be seen in the water, in deep devotion, up to their chins for hours, sending up their prayers, or performing a number of evolutions round the polygonal well." It might have been supposed that the present enlightened age would have been secure against a repetition... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...summer a few are still to be seen in the water, in deep devotion, up to their chins for hours, sending up their prayers, or performing a number of evolutions round the polygonal well." It might have been supposed that the present enlightened age would have been secure against a repetition... | |
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Summer, still, a few are to be seen in the water in deep devotion up to their Chins for hours, sending up their prayers or performing a number of Evolutions round the polygonal Well, or threading the Arch between Well and Well a prescribed number of times. 
