 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...  Curiosities of Literature - الصفحة 126بواسطة Isaac Disraeli - 1823عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...seven sleep- " r ° . ... ers. history, 1 am tempted to distingiush the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS * ; whose imaginary date corresponds with...Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals f. When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus * The choice of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS;" whose imaginary date corresponds with the...younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.1 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of " The choice of... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 752
...m. . QT BOOK v. 1 . One of the most ancient ecclesiastical romances, is that of the seven sleepers. When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus, we are told, concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain ; where... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 430
.... ° i i- • • history, I am tempted to distmguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS ;u whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of " The choice of fabulous circumstances is of small importance; yet I have confined myself to the narrative... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 528
...ecclesiastical history, sleepers." I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPEBS ;" whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...conquest of Africa by the Vandals." When the emperor " The choice of fabulous circumstances is of small importance ; yet I have confined myself to the narrative... | |
 | 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 706
...and white, as plain as a parcel of pea-rods.) Ah ! go on; <li in' t preach ! When the emperor Deans 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... | |
 | 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 354
...distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEW SLEEPERS, whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of the the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 542
...ecclesiastical history, I ers. am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS u ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign 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... | |
 | J S. Forsyth - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers, whose imaginary date corresponds with the...by the Vandals. When the emperor Decius persecuted th? Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern on the side... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...corresponds with the reign of the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.(44) When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...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... | |
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