 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pagine
...water, is a large stone, called the wishini;stone. It receives many a kiss from the faithful, who are supposed never to fail in experiencing the completion of their desires, provided the wish is delivered with full devotion and confidence. On the outside of the great well, close to the road,... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 pagine
...water, is a large stone, called the wishing-stone. It receives many a kiss from the faithful, who are supposed never to fail in experiencing the completion of their desires, provided the wish is delivered with full devotion and confidence. On the outside of the great well, close to the road,... | |
 | Thomas Gill - 1852 - 516 pagine
...well. The water is reported to possess medicinal properties, and there is a large and convenient stone cistern built on the east side, into which the water...wish was delivered with full devotion and confidence. The small estate of Moxby, consisting of three farms with other property in the neighbourhood, was... | |
 | Purbeck society - 1856 - 466 pagine
...large stone, called the wishing stone ; it receives he says, many a kiss from the faithful, who are supposed never to fail in experiencing the completion of their desires, provided the wish is delivered with full devotion and confidence. On the outside of the great well, close to the road,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 160 pagine
...water, is a large stone, called the wishing-stone. It receives many a kiss from the faithful, who are supposed never to fail in experiencing the completion of their desires, provided the wish is delivered with full devotion and confidence. On the outside of the great well, close to the road,... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1892 - 390 pagine
...of this well. The water is said to possess medicinal properties, and there is a large and convenient cistern built on the east side, into which the water...was delivered with full devotion and confidence." Wells have occasionally been found in churches. Somewhere on the north side of the choir of Canterbury... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1901 - 504 pagine
...there are still remains of stone steps for the more easy descent thereto. Near the mouth which admits water into the bath is a large stone called the wishing...wish was delivered with full devotion and confidence. GILL, pp. 419, 420. Newton Dale, Pickering. A small pool at the foot of the scar [Killingnoble] is... | |
 | Eliza Gutch - 1901 - 502 pagine
...there are still remains of stone steps for the more easy descent thereto. Near the mouth which admits water into the bath is a large stone called the wishing...wish was delivered with full devotion and confidence. GILL, pp. 419, 420. Newton Dale, Pickering. A small pool at the foot of the scar [Killingnoble] is... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 pagine
...water, is a large stone, called the wishing-stone. It receives many a kiss from the faithful, who are supposed never to fail in experiencing the completion of their desires, provided the wish is delivered with full devotion and confidence. On the outside of the great well, close to the road,... | |
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is an oblong, 38 feet by 16, with steps for the descent of the fair sex, or of invalids. Near the steps, two feet beneath the water, is a large stone, called the wishing-stone. It receives many a kiss from the faithful, who are supposed never to fail... 