... his surprise was increased by the appearance of a large cross, triumphantly erected over the principal gate of Ephesus. His singular dress and obsolete language confounded the baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin... Curiosities of Literature - Page 160by Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1852 - 440 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius, as the current coin of the Empire; and Jamblichus on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged...produced the amazing discovery, that two centuries had almost elapsed since Jamblichus and his friends had escaped from the rage of a pagan tyrant. —... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin of the empire ; and Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged...pagan tyrant. The Bishop of Ephesus, the clergy, the ma.pstrates, the people, and as it is said, the emperor Theodosius himself, hastened to visit the cavern... | |
| James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 378 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin of the empire; and Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged...friends had escaped from the rage of a pagan tyrant." (Gibbon's Decline and Fall, chap. 23.) As farther illustrating or setting forth the changes which a... | |
| James Munson Olmstead - 1853 - 428 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin of the empire ; and Jambliehus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged...discovery, that two centuries were almost elapsed since Jamblichns and his friends had escaped from the rage of a pagan tyrant." (Gibbon's Decline and Fall,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 458 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin of the empire ; and Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged...Ephesus, the clergy, the magistrates, the people, and, as it is said, the emperor Theodosius himself, hastened to visit the cavern of the Seven Sleepers ;... | |
| James Munson Olmstead - 1854 - 432 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin of the empire ; and Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged...friends had escaped from the rage of a pagan tyrant." (Gibbon's Decline and Fall, chap. 23.) As farther illustrating or setting forth the changes which a... | |
| William McGirr - 1854 - 418 pages
...before the judge. "Their mutual inquiries produced the amazing discovery, that two centuries had nearly elapsed since Jamblichus and his friends had escaped...the magistrates, the people, and, it is said, the Emperor Theodosius himself, hastened to visit the cavern of the Seven Sleepers, who bestowed their... | |
| William Russell - 1854 - 398 pages
...the suspicion of having discovered and appropriated a secret treasure, was dragged before the judge. Mutual inquiries produced the amazing discovery, that...friends had escaped from the rage of a pagan tyrant." This legend was received as authentic, throughout the Christian world, before the end of the sixth... | |
| James Munson Olmstead - 1854 - 428 pages
...baker, to whom he offered an ancient medal of Decius as the current coin of the empire ; and Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was dragged before the judge. Their mutual inquiries produced thg amazing discovery, that two centuries were almost elapsed since Jamblichus and his friends had... | |
| William McGirr - 1854 - 420 pages
...as the current coin of the Empire ; and Jamblichus, on the suspicion of a secret treasure, was taken before the judge. "Their mutual inquiries produced the amazing discovery, that two centuries had nearly elapsed since Jamblichus and his friends had escaped from the rage of a Pagan tyrant. XThe... | |
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