| Edward Gibbon - 1781 - 418 pages
...Akxaadra^ againlt the mogicim Athanafiis. of Cappadocia has been transformed (124) into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter (125). About the fame time that Julian was informed of the tumult of Alexandria, he received intelligence... | |
| Julian (Emperor of Rome) - 1784 - 426 pages
...a Chriflian heroj and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been .transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter. GIBSON. * It was mean ia Julian to wifh that al! Chriflian writings might be deftroyed. It was beneath... | |
| 1793 - 738 pages
...a Chriftian hero ; and the infamous Geonre of Cappadocia his been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter." Some PARTICULARS concerning Mr.HOGARTH. [From Mr. NICHOLS'S Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth.]... | |
| John Aikin - 1803 - 646 pages
...a Christian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into die renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter." Fabricii Bibl. Gntc.Wjl. X. p- 599, £sV- Moren. Gibbon's Dfclint and Fall of the Roman Empire, vcl.... | |
| 1805 - 422 pages
...Christian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadocia, has been transformed into the renoimed St. George of England, the patron / of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter. Edward having perfected the institution, wag no way ' sparing of treasure for the aggrandizement, and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 pages
...necessary to expose the ignorance of those who pretend that he has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter, a calumny which has been amply refuted by Pegge, Milner, and others.1 GERARD (ALEXANDER), an eminent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 pages
...necessary to expose the ignorance of those who pretend that he has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter, a calumny which has been amply refuted by Pegge, Milner, and others.i GERARD (ALEXANDER), an eminent... | |
| 1816 - 764 pages
...a Chriftian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadacia has been tranfformed into the renowned St George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter." (13.) GEORGE, ST, in geography, one of tte AZORES. It has about 5000 inhabitants, who cultivate wheat... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 772 pages
...and a Chriftian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been tranfformed into tb* renowned St George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter." Hi/t. Vol. ll.f. 404. (13.) GKORGE, ST, in geography, one of the AZORES. It has about 5000 inhabitants,... | |
| 1819 - 728 pages
...and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadociahas been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter." Having been a soldier of rank, St. George was anciently represented on horseback, armed cap-a-pie,... | |
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