 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1882 - 636 pages
...provided for the wayfarer a dish attached to the public wells, before AD 633. " The king took such good care for the good of his nation, that in several places...be fixed, with brass dishes hanging at them for the refreshment of travellers."* Col. Mitford has erected a stone-fountain on the supposed scene of the... | |
 | Christianity - 1846 - 1028 pages
...extended, that, as it is now proverbially said, a woman with her new-born babe might walk throughis out me island, from sea to sea, without receiving any harm....caused stakes to be fixed with brass dishes hanging to them, for the couveniency of travellers ; nor durst any man touch them for any other purpose than... | |
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 440 pages
...said, a woman with her new-born babe might walk throughout the island, from sea to sea, if she would, without receiving any harm. That king took such care...fixed, with brass dishes hanging at them, for the refreshment of travellers ; nor durst any man touch them for any other purpose than that for which... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 pages
...said, a woman with her new-born babe might walk throughout the island, from sea to sea, if she would, without receiving any harm. That king took such care...fixed, with brass dishes hanging at them, for the refreshment of travellers ; nor durst any man touch them for any other purpose than that for which... | |
 | John Hodgson - Northumberland (England) - 1858 - 416 pages
...if she would, without receiving harm. That king took such care for the good of his people, that in places where he had seen clear springs near the highways, he caused stakes to be fixed, with brass vessels suspended from them, for the use of travellers ; nor durst any man touch them, except for the... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1881 - 608 pages
...walk throughout the island, from sea to sea, without receiving any harm. That king took such care foi the good of his nation, that in several places where...fixed, with brass dishes hanging at them, for the couveniency of travellers ; nor durst any man touch them for any other purpose than that for which... | |
 | Northumberland (England) - 1888 - 600 pages
...sea, if she would, without receiving any harm." Edwin also "took such care for the good of his people, that in several places where he had seen clear springs near the highway, he caused stakes to be fixed, with brass dishes hanging at them, for the refreshment of travellers;... | |
 | Edward Lewes Cutts - Great Britain - 1895 - 276 pages
...to sea, without receiving any harm. The beneficence of his rule is illustrated by the story that the King took such care for the good of his nation, that, in several places where he had observed clear springs by the highways, he caused stakes to be 1 Bede, Eccl. Hist. ii. 9 and 20. fixed,... | |
 | Arthur Hamilton Norway - Yorkshire (England) - 1899 - 428 pages
...by good King Aeduin full twelve hundred years ago. For that great ruler, says the venerable Bede, " took such care for the good of his nation that in...be fixed, with brass dishes hanging at them for the refreshment of travellers ; nor durst any man touch them for any other purpose than that for which... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - England - 1907 - 488 pages
...deacon,4 a man of zeal and great fame in Christ and in the church, who lived even to our days. It is told that there was then such perfect peace in Britain,...near the highways, he caused stakes to be fixed, with copper drinking-vessels hanging on them, for the refreshment of travellers ; nor durst any man touch... | |
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Edwin extended, that, as is still proverbially said, a woman with her new-born babe might walk throughout the island, from sea to sea, without receiving any harm. That king took such care for the good of his nation, that in several places where he had... 
