 | Margaret Hattersley Bulley - 1908 - Broj stranica: 168
...after tearing his body to pieces, flung it into the sea. This, then, is the man that Gibbon says " has been transformed into the renowned St. George...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter." He tells us that the rival of Athanasius was dear and sacred to the Arians, and that his meritorious... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1909 - Broj stranica: 664
...Christian hero ; 125 and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed12" into the a saint and renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter.127 About the same time that Julian was informed of the tumult of Alexandria, he received intelligence... | |
 | 1918 - Broj stranica: 492
...into the sea. It belongs to those who study church history to explain how this swindler and cut-throat has been transformed into the renowned St. George...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter. Our Poet, Mr. Malone thinks, derived his Christian name either from William Smyth, a mercer, and one... | |
 | Laurence Austine Waddell - 1924 - Broj stranica: 500
...saying : " The infamous George 1 BLS, April, 308. GOTHIC ORIGIN OF ST. GEORGE'S CROSS 305 of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George...England, the patron of arms, of chivalry and of the garter."1 And a recent authority, in his account of this saint, concludes that the traditional " Acts... | |
 | 1900 - Broj stranica: 1008
...assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter." " That is a serious indictment," says the Gentle Reader. " I have no plea to make for the Cappadocian... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - Broj stranica: 1094
...martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero;124 and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed125 into the renowned St George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter.126 About the same time that Julian was informed of the tumult of Alexandria, he received intelligence... | |
 | 1887 - Broj stranica: 596
...assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, a Christian hero ; and hence the famous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George...patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter." This, indeed, seems to be a sorry individual out of whom to make a hero. But there are many grave flaws in... | |
 | 1812 - Broj stranica: 548
...assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the imfamous George of C.ippadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George...England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Ctiner." It surely uould not have been a loss to the world, if the age of chivalry had passed away.... | |
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The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms,... 
