 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 pagine
...thought a fovereign remedy for fore eyes, which by frequent wafhing, was fuppofed to cure them. To fhow their gratitude to the Saint, and that he might be...any great value, or fuch as would have been of the leaft fervice to him, if he had ftood in need of money, but fuch as they conceived, the good and merciful... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - 356 pagine
...frequent washing, was supposed to cure them. To show their grati•ude to the saint, and that he might he propitious to continue the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents, not indeed of any great value, or such as would have heen of the least service to him if... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 pagine
...thought a sovereign remedy for sore eyes, which, by frequent washing, was supposed to cure them. To show their gratitude to the saint, and that he might be...the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents, not indeed of any great value, or such as would have been of the least service to him if... | |
 | Robert Gibbs (of Aylesbury, Eng.) - 1885 - 716 pagine
...name the well bore ; for the cure of sore eyes the waters were supposed to be infallible. To show the gratitude to the saint, and that he might be propitious to continue the virtues of the waters, some oblation was required to be put into the wells, presents not indeed of any great value, or such... | |
 | 1893 - 324 pagine
...thought a sovereign remedy for sore eyes, and by frequent washing was supposed to cure them. To show their gratitude to the saint, and that he might be...the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents — not, indeed, of any great value, or such as would have been of the least service to him... | |
 | 1893 - 308 pagine
...thought a sovereign remedy for sore eyes, and by frequent washing was supposed to cure them. To show their gratitude to the saint, and that he might be...the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents — not, indeed, of any great value, or such as would have been of the least service to him... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 pagine
...thought a sovereign remedy for sore eyes, which, by frequent washing, was supposed to cure them. To shew their gratitude to the Saint, and that he might be...the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents, not indeed of any great value, or such as would have been of the least service to him, if... | |
 | Anthropological Society of Bombay - 1921 - 1444 pagine
...thought a sovereign remedy for sore eyes, which, by frequent washing, was supposed to cure them. To show their gratitude to the saint, and that he might be...the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents, not indeed of any great value, or such as would have been of the least service to him if... | |
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To show their gratitude to the saint, and that he might be propitious to continue the virtues of the waters, they put into the well presents, not indeed of any great value, or such as would have been of the least service to him if he had stood in need... 