 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 448 páginas
...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 538 páginas
...insipid legends of Ecclesiatical History, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Stven Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, on the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant who gave orders... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 440 páginas
...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 - 752 páginas
...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 - 430 páginas
.... ° 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 - 528 páginas
...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 538 páginas
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of ihe Seven Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern on the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders... | |
 | 1824 - 706 páginas
...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 that the entrance... | |
 | 1825 - 354 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 542 páginas
...ecclesiastical history, I ers. am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS u ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...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... | |
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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... 
