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
| 1856 - 552 pages
...legends of ecclesiastical history," says Gibbon, " I am tempted to distinguish the fable of the Seven Sleepers, whose imaginary date corresponds with the...conquest of Africa by the Vandals. When the Emperor Dccius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1871 - 672 pages
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SSVEJT SLEEPERS ; " whose imaginary date corresponds with...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... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 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... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1875 - 520 pages
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven notable youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern on the side of an adjacent mountain;... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 672 pages
...ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS , 43 whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by thp Vandals.44 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Chi is tians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1880 - 728 pages
...t SLEEPERS " whose imaginary date corresponds with seven sleep- the retgn of the younger llieodosms and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals." When the...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... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 946 pages
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa bj the Vandals. When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed... | |
| Thomas Patrick Hughes - 1885 - 794 pages
...The story, as told by early Christian writers, is given by Gibbon (7?i«e and Fall, Chapter xxxi.), When the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus are said to have concealed themselves in a cave in the side of a mountain, where they were doomed to... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 680 pages
...ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS , *3 whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by th« Vandals.44 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Chi is tians, seven noble youths of Ephesus... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 724 pages
...reign of the younger llieodosius and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals.41 When the Emperor Dccius 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... | |
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