 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - Liczba stron: 462
...Confessor's great dinner and strange vision at Westminster. The legend, as told by Gibbon, is this: — When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of a mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who caused the mouth of the cave to be... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1846 - Liczba stron: 530
...persecuted the Christians, seven notable youths of Ephcsus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern on the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish bv the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of stones. They... | |
 | 1852 - Liczba stron: 440
...SEVEN SLEEPERS. The story of the Seven Sleepers is the most romantic of the legends of the church. It is as follows: When the Emperor Decius persecuted...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, on the side of an adjacent mountain, and were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1852 - Liczba stron: 684
...date corresponds with theteign of the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.44 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves ina spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant,... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - Liczba stron: 428
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates that "when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed...orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones. They immediately fell into a deep slumber, which was miraculously prolonged,... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - Liczba stron: 378
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates that "when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed...orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones. They immediately fell into a deep slumber, which was miraculously prolonged,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - Liczba stron: 766
...date corresponds with the reign of the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals. When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of au adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to die by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance... | |
 | William McGirr - 1854 - Liczba stron: 420
...of the Church ? To sustain my proposition, I will quote one of the most celebrated cases in history, which is as follows : " When the Emperor Decius persecuted...orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones. They immediately fell into a deep slumber which was miraculously prolonged... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - Liczba stron: 458
...corresponds with the reign of the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.44 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones. They immediately fell into a deep slumber, which was miraculously prolonged,... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - Liczba stron: 870
...martyrs. The legend relates, "that when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble yonths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern...orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones. They immediately fell into a deep slumber, which was miraculously prolonged,... | |
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When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be... 
