 | Francis Hutchinson - 1718 - 354 Seiten
...uneafy Pofture, to which if fhe fubmits not " fhe is then bound with Cords ; there is fhe watch'd * and kept without Meat, or Sleep, for the Space *' of Four and Twenty Hours. (For they lay, within " that Time, they fhall fee her Imp come and fuck.) *' A little Hole is likewife made in... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 332 Seiten
...for the discovery of Witches; it was thus managed; having taken the suspected Witch, she is placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool or table, cross-legged,...watched, and kept without meat or sleep for the space of twenty-four hours, (for, they say, within that time they shall see her imp come and suck). A little... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 Seiten
...the discovery of witches ; it was thus managed ; having taken the suspected witch, she is placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool or table, cross-legged, or in some other uneasy po.«ture; to which if she submits not, she is then bound with cords ; there is she watched, and kept... | |
 | 1822 - 382 Seiten
...that by the stool was the summit of credulity. Having taken the suspected witch, she was placed in the middle of a room, Upon a stool or table, cross-legged, or in some other unVOL. II. K easy posture; to which, if she submitted not, she was bound with cords ; there she was... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 Seiten
...the discovery of witches; it was thus managed : having taken the suspected witch, she is placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool or table, cross-legged,...watched, and kept without meat or sleep for the space of twenty-four hours, (for, they say, within that time they shall see her imp come and suck). A little... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 372 Seiten
...as equal to any practised in the Inquisition. "Having taken the susjjected witch, she is placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool or table, cross-legged,...submits not, she is then bound with cords ; there she is watched, and kept without meat or sleep for four-and-twenty hours, for they say, they shall... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 374 Seiten
...as equal to any practised in the Inquisition. " Having taken the suspected witch, she is placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool or table, cross-legged, or in some other uneasy posture, to which«M.she submits not, she is then bound with cords ; flBre she is watched, and kept without meat... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 458 Seiten
...detection of witches. -It was thus managed : — Having taken the suspected witch, she was placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool, or table, cross-legged, or in some other uneasy nosture, to which, if she did not submit, she was then bound with cords, — there she was watched,... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 576 Seiten
...thus managed : — Having taken the suspected witch, she was placed in the middle of a room, upon ii stool, or table, cross-legged, or in some other uneasy posture; to which, if she did not submit, she was then bound with cords, — there she was watched, and kept without meat or... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 Seiten
...detection of witches. It was thus managed :— Having taken the suspected witch, she was placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool, or table, cross-legged, or in коте other uneasy posture ; to which, if she did not submit, she was then bound with cords, —... | |
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The trial by the stool was another method used for the discovery of witches; it was thus managed : having taken the suspected witch, she is placed in the middle of a room, upon a stool or table, cross-legged, or in some other uneasy posture; to which... 
