 | Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 358 頁
...provinces of Perfia. "Under the rod of oppreffion, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid : they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the •white turban of Mahonet; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their tranfient union with the... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1830 - 314 頁
...empire of the Christians Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid: they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet."—Decline and Fall, xlvii. Note 4, Page 64. Comparative learning and civilization. The brightest... | |
 | Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 406 頁
...other nation, however, can show an uninterrupted succession of Patriarchs for a thousand years — for such is the time the Patriarch has resided at Aghtaman,...found on the castle rock, it may fairly be supposed 120 THE WATERS OF THE LAKE. it would early have been fixed on. Though now prosperous, and if the Koordish... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 頁
...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid ; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet ; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry' of the Greeks ; and their transient union with... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 666 頁
...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppre»> sion, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid ; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet ; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their transient union with... | |
 | John Buchan Telfer - 1876 - 344 頁
...Church than the Armenians, whose ' zeal under the rod of oppression is fervent and intrepid, and who have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet'; but this remarkable race has never succeeded in attaining a prominent position among nations... | |
 | Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns - 1891 - 136 頁
...Armenian Church. " Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet; they devoutly hate the error and the idolatry of the Greeks; and their transient union with... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 570 頁
...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervid and intrepid ; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their transient union with the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 頁
...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid : they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet ; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their transient union with... | |
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Christian families were transplanted, to perish or to propagate in the distant provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid : they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of... 