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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,... "
The Influence of Christianity Upon National Character Illustrated by the ... - Page 76
by William Holden Hutton - 1903 - 385 pages
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 4

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...
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Select Works of the Emperor Julian: And Some Pieces of the Sophist ..., Volume 2

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...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

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.]...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 4

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....
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Sporting Magazine, Volume 26

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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 15

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...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 10

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...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge ..., Volume 10

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,...
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Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 125

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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