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" ... 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 160
by Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 472 pages
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The South-western Monthly, Volume 1

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. —...
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Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes

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...
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Noah and his times, Volume 2

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...
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Noah and His Times: Embracing the Consideration of Various Inquiries ...

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,...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with ..., Volume 4

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 ;...
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Noah and His Times: Embracing the Consideration of Various Inquiries ...

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...
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Letters Upon Divers Subjects in Theology: Addressed to Licentiates, Or ...

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...
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Russell's American Elocutionist ...: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation ...

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...
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Noah and His Times: Embracing the Consideration of Various Inquiries ...

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...
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Letters Upon Divers Subjects in Theology: Addressed to Licentiates, Or ...

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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