 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 - Page 146by Isaac Disraeli - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 462 pages
...Confessor's great dinner and strange vision at Westminster. The legend, as told by Gibbon, is this: — When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...Ephesus 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. ^ The legend relates, that, "when Decius was still persecuting 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... | |
 | 1852 - 440 pages
...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 the Christians,...spacious cavern, on the side of an adjacent mountain, and were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be firmly secured... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1852 - 684 pages
...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,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers, whose imaginary date corresponds with the...Ephesus 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... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 378 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates that "when Decius was still persecuting 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... | |
 | James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 428 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates that "when Decius was still persecuting 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 458 pages
...ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN the seven SLEEPERS ; 43 whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.44 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed... | |
 | William McGirr - 1854 - 420 pages
...sustain my proposition, I will quote one of the most celebrated cases in history, which is as follows : " 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1854 - 398 pages
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates, that, " when Decius was still persecuting 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... | |
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